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1968 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Recznik v. City of Lorain

393 U.S. 166 · 89 S. Ct. 342 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 278

The record

Term
1968
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
323
U.S. Reports
393 U.S. 166
S. Ct. citation
89 S. Ct. 342
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 278

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Recznik v. City of Lorain.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Abe FortasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartJurisdictional dissent
Byron WhiteJurisdictional dissent

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