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1954 term · Warren Court · 4-4

Rice v. Sioux City Memorial Park Cemetery, Inc. et al.

348 U.S. 880 · 75 S. Ct. 122 · 1954 U.S. LEXIS 1484

The record

Term
1954
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
4-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
28
U.S. Reports
348 U.S. 880
S. Ct. citation
75 S. Ct. 122
LEXIS citation
1954 U.S. LEXIS 1484

How the bench divided

8 not participating

The per-justice record for this case is incomplete: it accounts for 0 of the 8 votes in the reported 4-4 split.

How each justice voted in Rice v. Sioux City Memorial Park Cemetery, Inc. et al.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenNo participation
Hugo BlackNo participation
Stanley ReedNo participation
Felix FrankfurterNo participation
William O. DouglasNo participation
Harold BurtonNo participation
Tom C. ClarkNo participation
Sherman MintonNo participation

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