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1961 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Nostrand et al. v. Little et al.

368 U.S. 436 · 82 S. Ct. 464 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 1967

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
571
U.S. Reports
368 U.S. 436
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 464
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 1967

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Nostrand et al. v. Little et al.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Hugo BlackJurisdictional dissent
William O. DouglasJurisdictional dissent

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