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1964 term · Warren Court · 9-0

McLaughlin et al. v. Florida

379 U.S. 184 · 85 S. Ct. 283 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 63

The record

Term
1964
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
11
U.S. Reports
379 U.S. 184
S. Ct. citation
85 S. Ct. 283
LEXIS citation
1964 U.S. LEXIS 63

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 3 concurring

How each justice voted in McLaughlin et al. v. Florida.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
John M. Harlan IIRegular concurrence
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence

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