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1966 term · Warren Court · 8-0

Dombrowski et al. v. Eastland et al.

387 U.S. 82 · 87 S. Ct. 1425 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 1479

The record

Term
1966
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
118
U.S. Reports
387 U.S. 82
S. Ct. citation
87 S. Ct. 1425
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 1479

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

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

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