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1963 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Ungar v. Sarafite, Judge of the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York

376 U.S. 575 · 84 S. Ct. 841 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 1535

The record

Term
1963
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
167
U.S. Reports
376 U.S. 575
S. Ct. citation
84 S. Ct. 841
LEXIS citation
1964 U.S. LEXIS 1535

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Ungar v. Sarafite, Judge of the Court of General Sessions of the County of New York.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
John M. Harlan IIRegular concurrence
Hugo BlackDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
Arthur GoldbergDissent

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