1956 term · Warren Court · 5-4
Thompson v. Coastal Oil Co.
352 U.S. 862 · 77 S. Ct. 90 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1639
The record
- Term
- 1956
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 1
- U.S. Reports
- 352 U.S. 862
- S. Ct. citation
- 77 S. Ct. 90
- LEXIS citation
- 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1639
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| John M. Harlan II | Special concurrence |
| Felix Frankfurter | Dissent |
| Harold Burton | Dissent |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| Sherman Minton | Dissent |
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