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1956 term · Warren Court · 6-2

Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, v. Bekins van & Storage Co.

352 U.S. 1027 · 77 S. Ct. 593 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1639

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
122
U.S. Reports
352 U.S. 1027
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 593
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1639

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, v. Bekins van & Storage Co.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Harold BurtonDissent

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