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1955 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Indian Towing Co., Inc., et al. v. United States

350 U.S. 61 · 76 S. Ct. 122 · 1955 U.S. LEXIS 1379

The record

Term
1955
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
8
U.S. Reports
350 U.S. 61
S. Ct. citation
76 S. Ct. 122
LEXIS citation
1955 U.S. LEXIS 1379

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Indian Towing Co., Inc., et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Stanley ReedDissent
Harold BurtonDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent
Sherman MintonDissent

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