1967 term · Warren Court · 9-0
Beecher v. Alabama
389 U.S. 35 · 88 S. Ct. 189 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 435
The record
- Term
- 1967
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 92 M
- U.S. Reports
- 389 U.S. 35
- S. Ct. citation
- 88 S. Ct. 189
- LEXIS citation
- 1967 U.S. LEXIS 435
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCCC
M 5 majorityC 4 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Abe Fortas | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Special concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Special concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| Earl Warren | Special concurrence |
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