1955 term · Warren Court · 5-4
Slochower v. Board of Higher Education of New York City
350 U.S. 551 · 76 S. Ct. 637 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1137
The record
- Term
- 1955
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 23
- U.S. Reports
- 350 U.S. 551
- S. Ct. citation
- 76 S. Ct. 637
- LEXIS citation
- 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1137
How the bench divided
MMMCCDDDD
M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Regular concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Regular concurrence |
| John M. Harlan II | Dissent |
| Harold Burton | Dissent |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| Sherman Minton | Dissent |
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