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1965 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Baxstrom v. Herold, State Hospital Director

383 U.S. 107 · 86 S. Ct. 760 · 1966 U.S. LEXIS 2214

The record

Term
1965
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
219
U.S. Reports
383 U.S. 107
S. Ct. citation
86 S. Ct. 760
LEXIS citation
1966 U.S. LEXIS 2214

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Baxstrom v. Herold, State Hospital Director.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Abe FortasMajority
Hugo BlackSpecial concurrence

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