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1963 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Etchieson v. Texas

378 U.S. 589 · 84 S. Ct. 1932 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 878

The record

Term
1963
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
1050 M
U.S. Reports
378 U.S. 589
S. Ct. citation
84 S. Ct. 1932
LEXIS citation
1964 U.S. LEXIS 878

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Etchieson v. Texas.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent

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