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1964 term · Warren Court · 7-0

Drews et al. v. Maryland

381 U.S. 421 · 85 S. Ct. 1576 · 1965 U.S. LEXIS 1036

The record

Term
1964
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
1010
U.S. Reports
381 U.S. 421
S. Ct. citation
85 S. Ct. 1576
LEXIS citation
1965 U.S. LEXIS 1036

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

The per-justice record for this case is incomplete: it accounts for 9 of the 7 votes in the reported 7-0 split.

How each justice voted in Drews et al. v. Maryland.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
Earl WarrenDissent from denial of cert
William O. DouglasDissent from denial of cert

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