1956 term · Warren Court · 5-3
Alleghany Corporation et al. v. Breswick & Co. et al.
353 U.S. 151 · 77 S. Ct. 763 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1577
The record
- Term
- 1956
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 36
- U.S. Reports
- 353 U.S. 151
- S. Ct. citation
- 77 S. Ct. 763
- LEXIS citation
- 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1577
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDD?
M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Earl Warren | Dissent |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Unknown |
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