1956 term · Warren Court · 8-1
Herdman v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
352 U.S. 518 · 77 S. Ct. 455 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1258
The record
- Term
- 1956
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 8-1
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 46
- U.S. Reports
- 352 U.S. 518
- S. Ct. citation
- 77 S. Ct. 455
- LEXIS citation
- 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1258
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMCD
M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| John M. Harlan II | Special concurrence |
| Felix Frankfurter | Jurisdictional dissent |
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