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1966 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Washington v. Texas

388 U.S. 14 · 87 S. Ct. 1920 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 1083

The record

Term
1966
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
649
U.S. Reports
388 U.S. 14
S. Ct. citation
87 S. Ct. 1920
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 1083

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

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

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