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1958 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Arroyo v. United States

359 U.S. 419 · 79 S. Ct. 864 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1816

The record

Term
1958
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
246
U.S. Reports
359 U.S. 419
S. Ct. citation
79 S. Ct. 864
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 1816

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Arroyo v. United States.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent

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