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Knapp v. Schweitzer

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
189
Petitioner: 
Knapp
Respondent: 
Schweitzer
Decided By: 
Warren Court (1957-1958)
Opinion: 
357 U.S. 371 (1958)
Argued: 
Thursday, March 6, 1958
Decided: 
Monday, June 30, 1958
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Self-Incrimination

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The Oyez Project, Knapp v. Schweitzer , 357 U.S. 371 (1958)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1957/1957_189)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Schweitzer, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Self-Incrimination

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Wrote a dissent
Warren
Wrote a dissent
Black
Wrote the majority opinion
Frankfurter
Voted with the minority, joined Black's dissent
Douglas
Voted with the majority
Burton
Voted with the majority
Clark
Voted with the majority
Harlan
Wrote a regular concurrence
Brennan
Voted with the majority
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Full Opinion by Justice Felix Frankfurter