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1956 term · Warren Court · 6-2

Walker v. City of Hutchinson et al.

352 U.S. 112 · 77 S. Ct. 200 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 35

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
13
U.S. Reports
352 U.S. 112
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 200
LEXIS citation
1956 U.S. LEXIS 35

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Walker v. City of Hutchinson et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Harold BurtonDissent
William J. BrennanUnknown

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