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1960 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Reynolds v. Cochran, Director of Division of Corrections

365 U.S. 525 · 81 S. Ct. 723 · 1961 U.S. LEXIS 1493

The record

Term
1960
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
115
U.S. Reports
365 U.S. 525
S. Ct. citation
81 S. Ct. 723
LEXIS citation
1961 U.S. LEXIS 1493

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Reynolds v. Cochran, Director of Division of Corrections.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority

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