1963 term · Warren Court · 7-2
A Quantity of Copies of Books et al. v. Kansas
378 U.S. 205 · 84 S. Ct. 1723 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 823
The record
- Term
- 1963
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 449
- U.S. Reports
- 378 U.S. 205
- S. Ct. citation
- 84 S. Ct. 1723
- LEXIS citation
- 1964 U.S. LEXIS 823
How the bench divided
MMMMCCCDD
M 4 majorityC 3 concurringD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Arthur Goldberg | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Judgment of the Court |
| Hugo Black | Special concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Special concurrence |
| Potter Stewart | Special concurrence |
| John M. Harlan II | Dissent |
| Tom C. Clark | Dissent |
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