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1966 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Anders v. California

386 U.S. 738 · 87 S. Ct. 1396 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 1569

The record

Term
1966
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
98
U.S. Reports
386 U.S. 738
S. Ct. citation
87 S. Ct. 1396
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 1569

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Anders v. California.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Abe FortasMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Potter StewartDissent

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