1961 term · Warren Court · 9-0
Cramp v. Board of Public Instruction of Orange County
368 U.S. 278 · 82 S. Ct. 275 · 1961 U.S. LEXIS 29
The record
- Term
- 1961
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 72
- U.S. Reports
- 368 U.S. 278
- S. Ct. citation
- 82 S. Ct. 275
- LEXIS citation
- 1961 U.S. LEXIS 29
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMCC
M 7 majorityC 2 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Regular concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Regular concurrence |
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