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1967 term · Warren Court · 8-1

Cheng Fan Kwok v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

392 U.S. 206 · 88 S. Ct. 1970 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 1348

The record

Term
1967
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
638
U.S. Reports
392 U.S. 206
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 1970
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 1348

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Cheng Fan Kwok v. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Abe FortasMajority
Byron WhiteDissent

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