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1955 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Lucy et al. v. Adams, Dean of Admissions, University of Alabama

350 U.S. 1 · 76 S. Ct. 33 · 1955 U.S. LEXIS 340

The record

Term
1955
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Stay/petition/motion granted
Docket
294 M
U.S. Reports
350 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
76 S. Ct. 33
LEXIS citation
1955 U.S. LEXIS 340

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Lucy et al. v. Adams, Dean of Admissions, University of Alabama.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Sherman MintonMajority

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