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1959 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Parr et al. v. United States

363 U.S. 370 · 80 S. Ct. 1171 · 1960 U.S. LEXIS 960

The record

Term
1959
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
391
U.S. Reports
363 U.S. 370
S. Ct. citation
80 S. Ct. 1171
LEXIS citation
1960 U.S. LEXIS 960

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Parr et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent

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