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1966 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Bostick v. South Carolina et al.

386 U.S. 479 · 87 S. Ct. 1088 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 1922

The record

Term
1966
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
647
U.S. Reports
386 U.S. 479
S. Ct. citation
87 S. Ct. 1088
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 1922

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Bostick v. South Carolina et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Abe FortasMajority

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