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1956 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Jaffke v. Dunham, Trustee in Bankruptcy

352 U.S. 280 · 77 S. Ct. 307 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1649

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
60
U.S. Reports
352 U.S. 280
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 307
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1649

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Jaffke v. Dunham, Trustee in Bankruptcy.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority

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