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1963 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Murphy et al. v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor

378 U.S. 52 · 84 S. Ct. 1594 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 2229

The record

Term
1963
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
138
U.S. Reports
378 U.S. 52
S. Ct. citation
84 S. Ct. 1594
LEXIS citation
1964 U.S. LEXIS 2229

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 5 concurring

How each justice voted in Murphy et al. v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
Hugo BlackRegular concurrence
John M. Harlan IISpecial concurrence
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Tom C. ClarkSpecial concurrence

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