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1956 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Thomson v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.

353 U.S. 926 · 77 S. Ct. 698 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1087

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
321
U.S. Reports
353 U.S. 926
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 698
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1087

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Thomson v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent
Felix FrankfurterJurisdictional dissent

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