1957 term · Warren Court · 9-0
Sherman v. United States
356 U.S. 369 · 78 S. Ct. 819 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1024
The record
- Term
- 1957
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 87
- U.S. Reports
- 356 U.S. 369
- S. Ct. citation
- 78 S. Ct. 819
- LEXIS citation
- 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1024
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCCC
M 5 majorityC 4 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| John M. Harlan II | Special concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| Felix Frankfurter | Special concurrence |
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