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1967 term · Warren Court · 7-1

Katz v. United States

389 U.S. 347 · 88 S. Ct. 507 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 2

The record

Term
1967
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
35
U.S. Reports
389 U.S. 347
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 507
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 2

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 4 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Katz v. United States.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Abe FortasMajority
John M. Harlan IIRegular concurrence
William O. DouglasRegular concurrence
William J. BrennanRegular concurrence
Byron WhiteRegular concurrence
Hugo BlackDissent
Thurgood MarshallUnknown

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