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1963 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Maryland Committee for Fair Representation et al. v. Tawes, Governor of Maryland, et al.

377 U.S. 656 · 84 S. Ct. 1429 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 1004

The record

Term
1963
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
29
U.S. Reports
377 U.S. 656
S. Ct. citation
84 S. Ct. 1429
LEXIS citation
1964 U.S. LEXIS 1004

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Maryland Committee for Fair Representation et al. v. Tawes, Governor of Maryland, et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
Tom C. ClarkSpecial concurrence
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent

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