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1966 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Clewis v. Texas

386 U.S. 707 · 87 S. Ct. 1338 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 1676

The record

Term
1966
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
648
U.S. Reports
386 U.S. 707
S. Ct. citation
87 S. Ct. 1338
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 1676

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 3 concurring

How each justice voted in Clewis v. Texas.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Abe FortasMajority
John M. Harlan IISpecial concurrence
Hugo BlackSpecial concurrence
Tom C. ClarkSpecial concurrence

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