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1963 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Barr et al. v. City of Columbia

378 U.S. 146 · 84 S. Ct. 1734 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 820

The record

Term
1963
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
9
U.S. Reports
378 U.S. 146
S. Ct. citation
84 S. Ct. 1734
LEXIS citation
1964 U.S. LEXIS 820

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 3 concurring

How each justice voted in Barr et al. v. City of Columbia.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Earl WarrenRegular concurrence
Arthur GoldbergRegular concurrence
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence

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