1963 term · Warren Court · 5-4
Grove Press, Inc., v. Gerstein, State Attorney, et al.
378 U.S. 577 · 84 S. Ct. 1909 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 864
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
- 718
- U.S. Reports
- 378 U.S. 577
- S. Ct. citation
- 84 S. Ct. 1909
- LEXIS citation
- 1964 U.S. LEXIS 864
How the bench divided
CCCCCDDDD
C 5 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Special concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| Potter Stewart | Special concurrence |
| Arthur Goldberg | Special concurrence |
| Earl Warren | Jurisdictional dissent |
| Tom C. Clark | Jurisdictional dissent |
| John M. Harlan II | Jurisdictional dissent |
| Byron White | Jurisdictional dissent |
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