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1954 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Carroll et al. v. Lanza, Doing Business as Lake Charles Electric Co.

349 U.S. 408 · 75 S. Ct. 804 · 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1389

The record

Term
1954
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
375
U.S. Reports
349 U.S. 408
S. Ct. citation
75 S. Ct. 804
LEXIS citation
1955 U.S. LEXIS 1389

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Carroll et al. v. Lanza, Doing Business as Lake Charles Electric Co.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Harold BurtonDissent

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