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1960 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Travis v. United States

364 U.S. 631 · 81 S. Ct. 358 · 1961 U.S. LEXIS 2044

The record

Term
1960
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
10
U.S. Reports
364 U.S. 631
S. Ct. citation
81 S. Ct. 358
LEXIS citation
1961 U.S. LEXIS 2044

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Travis v. United States.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent

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