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1963 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Massiah v. United States

377 U.S. 201 · 84 S. Ct. 1199 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 1277

The record

Term
1963
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
199
U.S. Reports
377 U.S. 201
S. Ct. citation
84 S. Ct. 1199
LEXIS citation
1964 U.S. LEXIS 1277

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

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

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