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1964 term · Warren Court · 8-1

Turner v. Louisiana

379 U.S. 466 · 85 S. Ct. 546 · 1965 U.S. LEXIS 2007

The record

Term
1964
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
53
U.S. Reports
379 U.S. 466
S. Ct. citation
85 S. Ct. 546
LEXIS citation
1965 U.S. LEXIS 2007

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Turner v. Louisiana.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
Tom C. ClarkDissent

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