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1961 term · Warren Court · 5-2

Wood v. Georgia

370 U.S. 375 · 82 S. Ct. 1364 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 846

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
369
U.S. Reports
370 U.S. 375
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 1364
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 846

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 2 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Wood v. Georgia.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent
Byron WhiteUnknown
Felix FrankfurterUnknown

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