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1960 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Noto v. United States

367 U.S. 290 · 81 S. Ct. 1517 · 1961 U.S. LEXIS 2004

The record

Term
1960
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
9
U.S. Reports
367 U.S. 290
S. Ct. citation
81 S. Ct. 1517
LEXIS citation
1961 U.S. LEXIS 2004

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 4 concurring

How each justice voted in Noto v. United States.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Hugo BlackSpecial concurrence
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Earl WarrenSpecial concurrence

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