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1957 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Maisenberg v. United States

356 U.S. 670 · 78 S. Ct. 960 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 997

The record

Term
1957
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
76
U.S. Reports
356 U.S. 670
S. Ct. citation
78 S. Ct. 960
LEXIS citation
1958 U.S. LEXIS 997

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Maisenberg v. United States.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Tom C. ClarkDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent
Harold BurtonDissent

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