1953 term · Warren Court · 9-0
Bolling et al. v. Sharpe et al.
347 U.S. 497 · 74 S. Ct. 693 · 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2095
The record
- Term
- 1953
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Stay/petition/motion granted
- Docket
- 8
- U.S. Reports
- 347 U.S. 497
- S. Ct. citation
- 74 S. Ct. 693
- LEXIS citation
- 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2095
How the bench divided
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M 9 majority
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
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