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1956 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Rogers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.

352 U.S. 500 · 77 S. Ct. 443 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1256

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
28
U.S. Reports
352 U.S. 500
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 443
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1256

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Rogers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Harold BurtonSpecial concurrence
Stanley ReedDissent
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Felix FrankfurterJurisdictional dissent

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