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1963 term · Warren Court · 6-2

Costello v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

376 U.S. 120 · 84 S. Ct. 580 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 1777

The record

Term
1963
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
83
U.S. Reports
376 U.S. 120
S. Ct. citation
84 S. Ct. 580
LEXIS citation
1964 U.S. LEXIS 1777

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Costello v. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
Byron WhiteDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent
John M. Harlan IIUnknown

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