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1965 term · Warren Court · 7-1

Shillitani v. United States

384 U.S. 364 · 86 S. Ct. 1531 · 1966 U.S. LEXIS 1414

The record

Term
1965
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
412
U.S. Reports
384 U.S. 364
S. Ct. citation
86 S. Ct. 1531
LEXIS citation
1966 U.S. LEXIS 1414

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Shillitani v. United States.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Abe FortasMajority
Hugo BlackSpecial concurrence
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Byron WhiteUnknown

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