1958 term · Warren Court · 9-0
Heflin v. United States
358 U.S. 415 · 79 S. Ct. 451 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1486
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
- 137
- U.S. Reports
- 358 U.S. 415
- S. Ct. citation
- 79 S. Ct. 451
- LEXIS citation
- 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1486
How the bench divided
MMMMCCCCC
M 4 majorityC 5 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| John M. Harlan II | Regular concurrence |
| Potter Stewart | Regular concurrence |
| Tom C. Clark | Regular concurrence |
| Felix Frankfurter | Regular concurrence |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Regular concurrence |
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