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1960 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Culombe v. Connecticut

367 U.S. 568 · 81 S. Ct. 1860 · 1961 U.S. LEXIS 811

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
161
U.S. Reports
367 U.S. 568
S. Ct. citation
81 S. Ct. 1860
LEXIS citation
1961 U.S. LEXIS 811

How the bench divided

M 2 majorityC 4 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Culombe v. Connecticut.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Felix FrankfurterJudgment of the Court
Hugo BlackSpecial concurrence
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Earl WarrenSpecial concurrence
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent

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