1954 term · Warren Court · 7-1
Federal Communications Commission v. Allentown Broadcasting Corp.
349 U.S. 358 · 75 S. Ct. 855 · 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1435
The record
- Term
- 1954
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 7-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 451
- U.S. Reports
- 349 U.S. 358
- S. Ct. citation
- 75 S. Ct. 855
- LEXIS citation
- 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1435
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMD?
M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Hugo Black | Unknown |
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