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1961 term · Warren Court · 7-0

Goldblatt et al. v. Town of Hempstead

369 U.S. 590 · 82 S. Ct. 987 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 1269

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
78
U.S. Reports
369 U.S. 590
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 987
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 1269

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Goldblatt et al. v. Town of Hempstead.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Byron WhiteUnknown
Felix FrankfurterUnknown

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