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1963 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Tralins v. Gerstein, State Attorney

378 U.S. 576 · 84 S. Ct. 1903 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 863

The record

Term
1963
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
246
U.S. Reports
378 U.S. 576
S. Ct. citation
84 S. Ct. 1903
LEXIS citation
1964 U.S. LEXIS 863

How the bench divided

C 5 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Tralins v. Gerstein, State Attorney.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackSpecial concurrence
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence
Arthur GoldbergSpecial concurrence
Earl WarrenJurisdictional dissent
Tom C. ClarkJurisdictional dissent
John M. Harlan IIJurisdictional dissent
Byron WhiteJurisdictional dissent

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