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1967 term · Warren Court · 8-0

Hughes v. Washington

389 U.S. 290 · 88 S. Ct. 438 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 2958

The record

Term
1967
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
15
U.S. Reports
389 U.S. 290
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 438
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 2958

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Hughes v. Washington.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Abe FortasMajority
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallUnknown

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