1968 term · Warren Court · 9-0
Presbyterian Church in the United States et al. v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church et al.
393 U.S. 440 · 89 S. Ct. 601 · 1969 U.S. LEXIS 2702
The record
- Term
- 1968
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 71
- U.S. Reports
- 393 U.S. 440
- S. Ct. citation
- 89 S. Ct. 601
- LEXIS citation
- 1969 U.S. LEXIS 2702
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMC
M 8 majorityC 1 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Abe Fortas | Majority |
| John M. Harlan II | Regular concurrence |
Same issue area
More on First Amendment
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. First Amendment accounts for 703 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.