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1957 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Masciale v. United States

356 U.S. 386 · 78 S. Ct. 827 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1025

The record

Term
1957
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
84
U.S. Reports
356 U.S. 386
S. Ct. citation
78 S. Ct. 827
LEXIS citation
1958 U.S. LEXIS 1025

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Masciale v. United States.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent

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