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1967 term · Warren Court · 7-1

United States v. O'Brien

391 U.S. 367 · 88 S. Ct. 1673 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 2910

The record

Term
1967
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Vacated
Docket
232
U.S. Reports
391 U.S. 367
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 1673
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 2910

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. O'Brien.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Abe FortasMajority
John M. Harlan IIRegular concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallUnknown

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