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1960 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Clancy et al. v. United States

365 U.S. 312 · 81 S. Ct. 645 · 1961 U.S. LEXIS 2126

The record

Term
1960
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
88
U.S. Reports
365 U.S. 312
S. Ct. citation
81 S. Ct. 645
LEXIS citation
1961 U.S. LEXIS 2126

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

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

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