Skip to main content
Independent · not a government site

1961 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Venus v. United States.

368 U.S. 345 · 82 S. Ct. 384 · 1961 U.S. LEXIS 2

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
75
U.S. Reports
368 U.S. 345
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 384
LEXIS citation
1961 U.S. LEXIS 2

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Venus v. United States.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Potter StewartMajority