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1956 term · Warren Court · 5-3

United States v. Bergh et al.

352 U.S. 40 · 77 S. Ct. 106 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1636

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
17
U.S. Reports
352 U.S. 40
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 106
LEXIS citation
1956 U.S. LEXIS 1636

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Bergh et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Harold BurtonDissent
William J. BrennanUnknown

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