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1958 term · Warren Court · 7-2

New York v. O'Neill

359 U.S. 1 · 79 S. Ct. 564 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1414

The record

Term
1958
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
53
U.S. Reports
359 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
79 S. Ct. 564
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 1414

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in New York v. O'Neill.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
William O. DouglasDissent

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