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1956 term · Warren Court · 5-4

La Buy, United States District Judge, v. Howes Leather Co., Inc., et al.

352 U.S. 249 · 77 S. Ct. 309 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1757

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
27
U.S. Reports
352 U.S. 249
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 309
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1757

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in La Buy, United States District Judge, v. Howes Leather Co., Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Harold BurtonDissent

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