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1967 term · Warren Court · 5-3

Mathis v. United States

391 U.S. 1 · 88 S. Ct. 1503 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 3108

The record

Term
1967
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
726
U.S. Reports
391 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 1503
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 3108

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Mathis v. United States.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Abe FortasMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
Thurgood MarshallUnknown

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