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1967 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Anderson v. Nelson, Warden

390 U.S. 523 · 88 S. Ct. 1133 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 2065

The record

Term
1967
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
652 M
U.S. Reports
390 U.S. 523
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 1133
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 2065

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Anderson v. Nelson, Warden.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Abe FortasMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Hugo BlackDissent

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