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1967 term · Warren Court · 4-4

Biggers v. Tennessee

390 U.S. 404 · 88 S. Ct. 979 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 2169

The record

Term
1967
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
4-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
237
U.S. Reports
390 U.S. 404
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 979
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 2169

How the bench divided

8 not participating? 1 no vote recorded

The per-justice record for this case is incomplete: it accounts for 0 of the 8 votes in the reported 4-4 split.

How each justice voted in Biggers v. Tennessee.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenNo participation
Hugo BlackNo participation
William O. DouglasNo participation
John M. Harlan IINo participation
William J. BrennanNo participation
Potter StewartNo participation
Byron WhiteNo participation
Abe FortasNo participation
Thurgood MarshallUnknown

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