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1961 term · Warren Court · 8-0

Mattox v. Sacks, Warden

369 U.S. 656 · 82 S. Ct. 992 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 1270

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
584 M
U.S. Reports
369 U.S. 656
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 992
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 1270

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Mattox v. Sacks, Warden.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterUnknown

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