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1957 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Payne v. Arkansas

356 U.S. 560 · 78 S. Ct. 844 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1030

The record

Term
1957
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
99
U.S. Reports
356 U.S. 560
S. Ct. citation
78 S. Ct. 844
LEXIS citation
1958 U.S. LEXIS 1030

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Payne v. Arkansas.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
John M. Harlan IISpecial concurrence
Tom C. ClarkDissent
Harold BurtonDissent

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