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1953 term · Warren Court · 8-0

Federal Communications Commission v. American Broadcasting Co., Inc.

347 U.S. 284 · 74 S. Ct. 593 · 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2674

The record

Term
1953
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
117
U.S. Reports
347 U.S. 284
S. Ct. citation
74 S. Ct. 593
LEXIS citation
1954 U.S. LEXIS 2674

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Federal Communications Commission v. American Broadcasting Co., Inc.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasUnknown

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