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1967 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Darwin v. Connecticut

391 U.S. 346 · 88 S. Ct. 1488 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 1634

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 and remanded
Docket
794 M
U.S. Reports
391 U.S. 346
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 1488
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 1634

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Darwin v. Connecticut.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Abe FortasMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Byron WhiteDissent

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