1958 term · Warren Court · 9-0
Spano v. New York
360 U.S. 315 · 79 S. Ct. 1202 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 751
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
- 582
- U.S. Reports
- 360 U.S. 315
- S. Ct. citation
- 79 S. Ct. 1202
- LEXIS citation
- 1959 U.S. LEXIS 751
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCCC
M 5 majorityC 4 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Regular concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Regular concurrence |
| Potter Stewart | Regular concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Regular concurrence |
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