1961 term · Warren Court · 6-1
Engel et al. v. Vitale et al.
370 U.S. 421 · 82 S. Ct. 1261 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 847
The record
- Term
- 1961
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 6-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 468
- U.S. Reports
- 370 U.S. 421
- S. Ct. citation
- 82 S. Ct. 1261
- LEXIS citation
- 1962 U.S. LEXIS 847
How the bench divided
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M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Special concurrence |
| Potter Stewart | Dissent |
| Byron White | Unknown |
| Felix Frankfurter | Unknown |
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