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1956 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Rayonier Incorporated v. United States

352 U.S. 315 · 77 S. Ct. 374 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1412

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
45
U.S. Reports
352 U.S. 315
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 374
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1412

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Rayonier Incorporated v. United States.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Stanley ReedDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent

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