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1962 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Goss et al. v. Board of Education of Knoxville, Tennessee, et al.

373 U.S. 683 · 83 S. Ct. 1405 · 1963 U.S. LEXIS 2479

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
217
U.S. Reports
373 U.S. 683
S. Ct. citation
83 S. Ct. 1405
LEXIS citation
1963 U.S. LEXIS 2479

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Goss et al. v. Board of Education of Knoxville, Tennessee, et al.
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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