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1958 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Napue v. Illinois

360 U.S. 264 · 79 S. Ct. 1173 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 811

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
583
U.S. Reports
360 U.S. 264
S. Ct. citation
79 S. Ct. 1173
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 811

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Napue v. Illinois.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority

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