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1957 term · Warren Court · 9-0

United States ex rel. Lee Kum Hoy et al. v. Murff, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service

355 U.S. 169 · 78 S. Ct. 203 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 46

The record

Term
1957
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
32
U.S. Reports
355 U.S. 169
S. Ct. citation
78 S. Ct. 203
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 46

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States ex rel. Lee Kum Hoy et al. v. Murff, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Harold BurtonMajority

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