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1956 term · Warren Court · 5-3

United States Gypsum Co. v. National Gypsum Co. et al.

352 U.S. 457 · 77 S. Ct. 490 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1756

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
11
U.S. Reports
352 U.S. 457
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 490
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1756

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States Gypsum Co. v. National Gypsum Co. et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
Earl WarrenDissent
Tom C. ClarkUnknown

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