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1956 term · Warren Court · 6-2

Guss, Doing Business as Photo Sound Products Manufacturing Co., v. Utah Labor Relations Board

353 U.S. 1 · 77 S. Ct. 598 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1563

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
280
U.S. Reports
353 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 598
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1563

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Guss, Doing Business as Photo Sound Products Manufacturing Co., v. Utah Labor Relations Board.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Tom C. ClarkDissent
Harold BurtonDissent
Charles E. WhittakerUnknown

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