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1962 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Yellin v. United States

374 U.S. 109 · 83 S. Ct. 1828 · 1963 U.S. LEXIS 2469

The record

Term
1962
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
35
U.S. Reports
374 U.S. 109
S. Ct. citation
83 S. Ct. 1828
LEXIS citation
1963 U.S. LEXIS 2469

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Yellin v. United States.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent

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