1970 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Wyman, Commissioner of New York Department of Social Services, et al. v. James
400 U.S. 309 · 91 S. Ct. 381 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 106
The record
- Term
- 1970
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 69
- U.S. Reports
- 400 U.S. 309
- S. Ct. citation
- 91 S. Ct. 381
- LEXIS citation
- 1971 U.S. LEXIS 106
How the bench divided
MMMMMCDDD
M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Byron White | Special concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
Same issue area
More on Criminal Procedure
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. Criminal Procedure accounts for 2,091 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.