1956 term · Warren Court · 5-3
Ferguson v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
352 U.S. 521 · 77 S. Ct. 457 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1565
The record
- Term
- 1956
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 59
- U.S. Reports
- 352 U.S. 521
- S. Ct. citation
- 77 S. Ct. 457
- LEXIS citation
- 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1565
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDD?
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Judgment of the Court |
| Harold Burton | Special concurrence |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| John M. Harlan II | Dissent |
| Felix Frankfurter | Jurisdictional dissent |
| Hugo Black | Unknown |
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