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1962 term · Warren Court · 8-1

Lombard et al. v. Louisiana

373 U.S. 267 · 83 S. Ct. 1122 · 1963 U.S. LEXIS 1551

The record

Term
1962
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
58
U.S. Reports
373 U.S. 267
S. Ct. citation
83 S. Ct. 1122
LEXIS citation
1963 U.S. LEXIS 1551

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Lombard et al. v. Louisiana.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
William O. DouglasRegular concurrence
John M. Harlan IIDissent

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