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1956 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Baltimore & Ohio Railway Co. v. Jackson

353 U.S. 325 · 77 S. Ct. 842 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1586

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
370
U.S. Reports
353 U.S. 325
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 842
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1586

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Baltimore & Ohio Railway Co. v. Jackson.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent
Harold BurtonDissent

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