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1956 term · Warren Court · 8-0

Pennsylvania Railroad Co. et al. v. Rychlik

352 U.S. 480 · 77 S. Ct. 421 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1643

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
56
U.S. Reports
352 U.S. 480
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 421
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1643

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Pennsylvania Railroad Co. et al. v. Rychlik.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Felix FrankfurterSpecial concurrence
Hugo BlackUnknown

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