1953 term · Warren Court · 7-0
Linehan et al. v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor et al.
347 U.S. 439 · 74 S. Ct. 623 · 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2616
The record
- Term
- 1953
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 7-0
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 557
- U.S. Reports
- 347 U.S. 439
- S. Ct. citation
- 74 S. Ct. 623
- LEXIS citation
- 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2616
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMDD
M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Dissent from denial of cert |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent from denial of cert |
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