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1961 term · Warren Court · 7-1

Fong Foo et al. v. United States

369 U.S. 141 · 82 S. Ct. 671 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 1600

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
64
U.S. Reports
369 U.S. 141
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 671
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 1600

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Fong Foo et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
John M. Harlan IISpecial concurrence
Tom C. ClarkDissent
Charles E. WhittakerUnknown

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