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1963 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Lucas et al. v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado et al.

377 U.S. 713 · 84 S. Ct. 1459 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 1007

The record

Term
1963
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
508
U.S. Reports
377 U.S. 713
S. Ct. citation
84 S. Ct. 1459
LEXIS citation
1964 U.S. LEXIS 1007

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Lucas et al. v. Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent

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