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1954 term · Warren Court · 8-0

Williamson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, et al. v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. et al.

348 U.S. 483 · 75 S. Ct. 461 · 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1003

The record

Term
1954
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
184
U.S. Reports
348 U.S. 483
S. Ct. citation
75 S. Ct. 461
LEXIS citation
1955 U.S. LEXIS 1003

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Williamson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, et al. v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
John M. Harlan IIUnknown

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