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1956 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Deen v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co.

353 U.S. 925 · 77 S. Ct. 715 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1085

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
199
U.S. Reports
353 U.S. 925
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 715
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1085

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Deen v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Harold BurtonDissent
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent
Felix FrankfurterJurisdictional dissent

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