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1966 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Berenyi v. District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service

385 U.S. 630 · 87 S. Ct. 666 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 2455

The record

Term
1966
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
66
U.S. Reports
385 U.S. 630
S. Ct. citation
87 S. Ct. 666
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 2455

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Berenyi v. District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Abe FortasMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Earl WarrenDissent

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