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1962 term · Warren Court · 8-0

Alabama et al. v. United States et al.

373 U.S. 545 · 83 S. Ct. 1365 · 1963 U.S. LEXIS 1450

The record

Term
1962
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
15 ORIG
U.S. Reports
373 U.S. 545
S. Ct. citation
83 S. Ct. 1365
LEXIS citation
1963 U.S. LEXIS 1450

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Alabama et al. v. United States et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
Byron WhiteUnknown

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