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1958 term · Warren Court · 4-4

Lev v. United States

360 U.S. 470 · 79 S. Ct. 1431 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 755

The record

Term
1958
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
4-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
435
U.S. Reports
360 U.S. 470
S. Ct. citation
79 S. Ct. 1431
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 755

How the bench divided

8 not participating? 1 no vote recorded

The per-justice record for this case is incomplete: it accounts for 0 of the 8 votes in the reported 4-4 split.

How each justice voted in Lev v. United States.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenNo participation
Hugo BlackNo participation
Felix FrankfurterNo participation
William O. DouglasNo participation
Tom C. ClarkNo participation
John M. Harlan IINo participation
William J. BrennanNo participation
Charles E. WhittakerNo participation
Potter StewartUnknown

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