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1968 term · Warren Court · 6-2

Von Cleef et al. v. New Jersey

395 U.S. 814 · 89 S. Ct. 2051 · 1969 U.S. LEXIS 1168

The record

Term
1968
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
837
U.S. Reports
395 U.S. 814
S. Ct. citation
89 S. Ct. 2051
LEXIS citation
1969 U.S. LEXIS 1168

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Von Cleef et al. v. New Jersey.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
John M. Harlan IISpecial concurrence
Hugo BlackDissent
Byron WhiteDissent

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