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1958 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Hawkins v. United States

358 U.S. 74 · 79 S. Ct. 136 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 115

The record

Term
1958
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
20
U.S. Reports
358 U.S. 74
S. Ct. citation
79 S. Ct. 136
LEXIS citation
1958 U.S. LEXIS 115

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Hawkins v. United States.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence

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