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1962 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Sanders v. United States

373 U.S. 1 · 83 S. Ct. 1068 · 1963 U.S. LEXIS 1695

The record

Term
1962
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
202
U.S. Reports
373 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
83 S. Ct. 1068
LEXIS citation
1963 U.S. LEXIS 1695

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Sanders v. United States.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent

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