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1954 term · Warren Court · 8-0

Society for Savings in the City of Cleveland v. Bowers, Tax Commissioner of Ohio

349 U.S. 143 · 75 S. Ct. 607 · 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1403

The record

Term
1954
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
204
U.S. Reports
349 U.S. 143
S. Ct. citation
75 S. Ct. 607
LEXIS citation
1955 U.S. LEXIS 1403

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Society for Savings in the City of Cleveland v. Bowers, Tax Commissioner of Ohio.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
Harold BurtonUnknown

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