1960 term · Warren Court · 6-3
Chaunt v. United States
364 U.S. 350 · 81 S. Ct. 147 · 1960 U.S. LEXIS 190
The record
- Term
- 1960
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 22
- U.S. Reports
- 364 U.S. 350
- S. Ct. citation
- 81 S. Ct. 147
- LEXIS citation
- 1960 U.S. LEXIS 190
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Dissent |
| Tom C. Clark | Dissent |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Dissent |
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