1957 term · Warren Court · 9-0
Matles v. United States
356 U.S. 256 · 78 S. Ct. 712 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1264
The record
- Term
- 1957
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 378
- U.S. Reports
- 356 U.S. 256
- S. Ct. citation
- 78 S. Ct. 712
- LEXIS citation
- 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1264
How the bench divided
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M 9 majority
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
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