Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 1961

Martin v. Walton, Probate Judge of Johnson County, Kansas

Decided November 6, 1961. The Court ruled per curiam, an unsigned opinion of the Court.

Docket 30 · 368 U.S. 25 (1961)

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

Majority · 5

Concurring · 1

Earl Warren

Dissenting · 2

Hugo Lafayette Black
William Orville Douglas · filed a dissenting opinion

“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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