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1968 term · Warren Court · 6-2

North Carolina et al. v. Pearce

395 U.S. 711 · 89 S. Ct. 2072 · 1969 U.S. LEXIS 1165

The record

Term
1968
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
413
U.S. Reports
395 U.S. 711
S. Ct. citation
89 S. Ct. 2072
LEXIS citation
1969 U.S. LEXIS 1165

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 3 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in North Carolina et al. v. Pearce.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
Byron WhiteSpecial concurrence
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Hugo BlackDissent

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