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1962 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Rideau v. Louisiana

373 U.S. 723 · 83 S. Ct. 1417 · 1963 U.S. LEXIS 1397

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
Docket
630
U.S. Reports
373 U.S. 723
S. Ct. citation
83 S. Ct. 1417
LEXIS citation
1963 U.S. LEXIS 1397

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Rideau v. Louisiana.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent

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