1956 term · Warren Court · 5-3
Peak v. United States
353 U.S. 43 · 77 S. Ct. 613 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1729
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 and remanded
- Docket
- 491
- U.S. Reports
- 353 U.S. 43
- S. Ct. citation
- 77 S. Ct. 613
- LEXIS citation
- 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1729
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDD?
M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| John M. Harlan II | Dissent |
| Felix Frankfurter | Dissent |
| Harold Burton | Dissent |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Unknown |
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