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1956 term · Warren Court · 8-1

Nelson et al., Successor Trustees, et al. v. City of New York

352 U.S. 103 · 77 S. Ct. 195 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 34

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
30
U.S. Reports
352 U.S. 103
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 195
LEXIS citation
1956 U.S. LEXIS 34

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Nelson et al., Successor Trustees, et al. v. City of New York.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent

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