1961 term · Warren Court · 5-2
Silber v. United States
370 U.S. 717 · 82 S. Ct. 1287 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 853
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
- 454
- U.S. Reports
- 370 U.S. 717
- S. Ct. citation
- 82 S. Ct. 1287
- LEXIS citation
- 1962 U.S. LEXIS 853
How the bench divided
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M 5 majorityD 2 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| John M. Harlan II | Dissent |
| Tom C. Clark | Dissent |
| Byron White | Unknown |
| Felix Frankfurter | Unknown |
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