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1966 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Turner et al. v. New York

386 U.S. 773 · 87 S. Ct. 1417 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 1572

The record

Term
1966
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
399
U.S. Reports
386 U.S. 773
S. Ct. citation
87 S. Ct. 1417
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 1572

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Turner et al. v. New York.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
William O. DouglasJurisdictional dissent
Abe FortasJurisdictional dissent

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