1956 term · Warren Court · 6-1
United States v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
352 U.S. 77 · 77 S. Ct. 172 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1657
The record
- Term
- 1956
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 6-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 19
- U.S. Reports
- 352 U.S. 77
- S. Ct. citation
- 77 S. Ct. 172
- LEXIS citation
- 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1657
How the bench divided
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M 6 majorityD 1 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Unknown |
| Stanley Reed | Unknown |
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