1961 term · Warren Court · 5-2
Coppedge v. United States
369 U.S. 438 · 82 S. Ct. 917 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 1356
The record
- Term
- 1961
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 157
- U.S. Reports
- 369 U.S. 438
- S. Ct. citation
- 82 S. Ct. 917
- LEXIS citation
- 1962 U.S. LEXIS 1356
How the bench divided
MMMCCDD??
M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Regular concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Regular concurrence |
| John M. Harlan II | Dissent |
| Tom C. Clark | Dissent |
| Byron White | Unknown |
| Felix Frankfurter | Unknown |
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