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1967 term · Warren Court · 5-3

Hopkins v. Cohen, Acting Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

390 U.S. 530 · 88 S. Ct. 1146 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 2059

The record

Term
1967
Decided
Issue area
Attorneys
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
276
U.S. Reports
390 U.S. 530
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 1146
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 2059

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Hopkins v. Cohen, Acting Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Abe FortasMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
Earl WarrenDissent
Thurgood MarshallUnknown

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