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1967 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Coleman v. Alabama

389 U.S. 22 · 88 S. Ct. 2 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 502

The record

Term
1967
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
162 M
U.S. Reports
389 U.S. 22
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 2
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 502

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Coleman v. Alabama.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Abe FortasMajority

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