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1961 term · Warren Court · 5-2

Malone v. Bowdoin et al.

369 U.S. 643 · 82 S. Ct. 980 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 2148

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
113
U.S. Reports
369 U.S. 643
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 980
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 2148

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 2 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Malone v. Bowdoin et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
Byron WhiteUnknown
Felix FrankfurterUnknown

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