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1961 term · Warren Court · 7-0

Free v. Bland

369 U.S. 663 · 82 S. Ct. 1089 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 1227

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
205
U.S. Reports
369 U.S. 663
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 1089
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 1227

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Free v. Bland.
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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