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1964 term · Warren Court · 5-4

McKinnie et al. v. Tennessee

380 U.S. 449 · 85 S. Ct. 1101 · 1965 U.S. LEXIS 1487

The record

Term
1964
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
148
U.S. Reports
380 U.S. 449
S. Ct. citation
85 S. Ct. 1101
LEXIS citation
1965 U.S. LEXIS 1487

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in McKinnie et al. v. Tennessee.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Byron WhiteDissent

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