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1953 term · Warren Court · 5-3

United States v. Harriss et al.

347 U.S. 612 · 74 S. Ct. 808 · 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2657

The record

Term
1953
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
32
U.S. Reports
347 U.S. 612
S. Ct. citation
74 S. Ct. 808
LEXIS citation
1954 U.S. LEXIS 2657

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Harriss et al.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
Robert H. JacksonDissent
Tom C. ClarkUnknown

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