1956 term · Warren Court · 8-0
Government and Civic Employees Organizing Committee, CIO, et al. v. Windsor et al.
353 U.S. 364 · 77 S. Ct. 838 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1625
The record
- Term
- 1956
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 423
- U.S. Reports
- 353 U.S. 364
- S. Ct. citation
- 77 S. Ct. 838
- LEXIS citation
- 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1625
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMM?
M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Unknown |
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