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1955 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Cole v. Young et al.

351 U.S. 536 · 76 S. Ct. 861 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1647

The record

Term
1955
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
442
U.S. Reports
351 U.S. 536
S. Ct. citation
76 S. Ct. 861
LEXIS citation
1956 U.S. LEXIS 1647

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Cole v. Young et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Tom C. ClarkDissent
Stanley ReedDissent
Sherman MintonDissent

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