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1965 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Degregory v. Attorney General of New Hampshire

383 U.S. 825 · 86 S. Ct. 1148 · 1966 U.S. LEXIS 1909

The record

Term
1965
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
396
U.S. Reports
383 U.S. 825
S. Ct. citation
86 S. Ct. 1148
LEXIS citation
1966 U.S. LEXIS 1909

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Degregory v. Attorney General of New Hampshire.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Abe FortasMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Byron WhiteDissent

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