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1967 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Jones v. Georgia

389 U.S. 24 · 88 S. Ct. 4 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 503

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
174 M
U.S. Reports
389 U.S. 24
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 4
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 503

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Jones v. Georgia.
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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