1954 term · Warren Court · 5-3
Bisso, Receiver, v. Inland Waterways Corporation
349 U.S. 85 · 75 S. Ct. 629 · 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1383
The record
- Term
- 1954
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 50
- U.S. Reports
- 349 U.S. 85
- S. Ct. citation
- 75 S. Ct. 629
- LEXIS citation
- 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1383
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDD?
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Regular concurrence |
| Felix Frankfurter | Dissent |
| Harold Burton | Dissent |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| John M. Harlan II | Unknown |
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