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1956 term · Warren Court · 7-0

Brownell, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, v. Chase National Bank of New York, Trustee, et al.

352 U.S. 36 · 77 S. Ct. 116 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 173

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
24
U.S. Reports
352 U.S. 36
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 116
LEXIS citation
1956 U.S. LEXIS 173

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Brownell, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, v. Chase National Bank of New York, Trustee, et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
John M. Harlan IIUnknown
Tom C. ClarkUnknown

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