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1963 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Preston v. United States

376 U.S. 364 · 84 S. Ct. 881 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 1578

The record

Term
1963
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
163
U.S. Reports
376 U.S. 364
S. Ct. citation
84 S. Ct. 881
LEXIS citation
1964 U.S. LEXIS 1578

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Preston v. United States.
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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