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1958 term · Warren Court · 6-1

Draper v. United States

358 U.S. 307 · 79 S. Ct. 329 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1607

The record

Term
1958
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
136
U.S. Reports
358 U.S. 307
S. Ct. citation
79 S. Ct. 329
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 1607

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 1 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Draper v. United States.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Earl WarrenUnknown
Felix FrankfurterUnknown

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