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1962 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Johnson v. Virginia

373 U.S. 61 · 83 S. Ct. 1053 · 1963 U.S. LEXIS 1698

The record

Term
1962
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
715
U.S. Reports
373 U.S. 61
S. Ct. citation
83 S. Ct. 1053
LEXIS citation
1963 U.S. LEXIS 1698

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Johnson v. Virginia.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority

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