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1966 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Giles et al. v. Maryland

386 U.S. 66 · 87 S. Ct. 793 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 2200

The record

Term
1966
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
27
U.S. Reports
386 U.S. 66
S. Ct. citation
87 S. Ct. 793
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 2200

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Giles et al. v. Maryland.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
William J. BrennanJudgment of the Court
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
Abe FortasSpecial concurrence
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent

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