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1968 term · Warren Court · 9-0

McConnell v. Rhay, Penitentiary Superintendent

393 U.S. 2 · 89 S. Ct. 32 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 567

The record

Term
1968
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
87 M
U.S. Reports
393 U.S. 2
S. Ct. citation
89 S. Ct. 32
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 567

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in McConnell v. Rhay, Penitentiary Superintendent.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Abe FortasMajority

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