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1963 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Fields et al. v. City of Fairfield.

375 U.S. 248 · 84 S. Ct. 360 · 1963 U.S. LEXIS 1

The record

Term
1963
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
30
U.S. Reports
375 U.S. 248
S. Ct. citation
84 S. Ct. 360
LEXIS citation
1963 U.S. LEXIS 1

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Fields et al. v. City of Fairfield.
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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