1959 term · Warren Court · 9-0
Blackburn v. Alabama
361 U.S. 199 · 80 S. Ct. 274 · 1960 U.S. LEXIS 1766
The record
- Term
- 1959
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 50
- U.S. Reports
- 361 U.S. 199
- S. Ct. citation
- 80 S. Ct. 274
- LEXIS citation
- 1960 U.S. LEXIS 1766
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMC
M 8 majorityC 1 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Special concurrence |
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