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1967 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Mempa v. Rhay, Penitentiary Superintendent

389 U.S. 128 · 88 S. Ct. 254 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 267

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 and remanded
Docket
16
U.S. Reports
389 U.S. 128
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 254
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 267

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Mempa v. Rhay, Penitentiary Superintendent.
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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