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1962 term · Warren Court · 8-1

Smith v. Evening News Association

371 U.S. 195 · 83 S. Ct. 267 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 2174

The record

Term
1962
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
13
U.S. Reports
371 U.S. 195
S. Ct. citation
83 S. Ct. 267
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 2174

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Smith v. Evening News Association.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
Hugo BlackDissent

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