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1966 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Garrity et al. v. New Jersey

385 U.S. 493 · 87 S. Ct. 616 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 2882

The record

Term
1966
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
13
U.S. Reports
385 U.S. 493
S. Ct. citation
87 S. Ct. 616
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 2882

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Garrity et al. v. New Jersey.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Abe FortasMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent

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