1961 term · Warren Court · 6-1
Lynch v. Overholser, Hospital Superintendent
369 U.S. 705 · 82 S. Ct. 1063 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 1228
The record
- Term
- 1961
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 6-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 159
- U.S. Reports
- 369 U.S. 705
- S. Ct. citation
- 82 S. Ct. 1063
- LEXIS citation
- 1962 U.S. LEXIS 1228
How the bench divided
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M 6 majorityD 1 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Dissent |
| Byron White | Unknown |
| Felix Frankfurter | Unknown |
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