1956 term · Warren Court · 9-0
Brownell, Attorney General, v. Tom We Shung
352 U.S. 180 · 77 S. Ct. 252 · 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1
The record
- Term
- 1956
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 43
- U.S. Reports
- 352 U.S. 180
- S. Ct. citation
- 77 S. Ct. 252
- LEXIS citation
- 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1
How the bench divided
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M 9 majority
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
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