Greenwood v. United States
Decided March 5, 1956. Felix Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 460 · 350 U.S. 366 (1956) · Cited 310 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 8–0.
Majority · 8
- Felix Frankfurter · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Earl Warren
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Sherman Minton
- Stanley Forman Reed
- Tom C. Clark
- William Orville Douglas
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
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- United States v. Comstock · 560 U.S. 126 (2010)
- Foucha v. Louisiana · 504 U.S. 71 (1992)
- O'Connor v. Donaldson · 422 U.S. 563 (1975)
- United States v. Salerno · 481 U.S. 739 (1987)
- Drope v. Missouri · 420 U.S. 162 (1975)
- Kansas v. Hendricks · 521 U.S. 346 (1997)
- Reno v. Flores · 507 U.S. 292 (1993)
- Jones v. United States · 463 U.S. 354 (1983)
- Lynch v. Overholser · 369 U.S. 705 (1962)
- Kosak v. United States · 465 U.S. 848 (1984)
- Clark v. Arizona · 548 U.S. 735 (2006)
- United States v. McKesson & Robbins, Inc. · 351 U.S. 305 (1956)
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