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1956 term · Warren Court · 8-0

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Louisiana Public Service Commission et al.

353 U.S. 368 · 77 S. Ct. 855 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1742

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
466
U.S. Reports
353 U.S. 368
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 855
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1742

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Louisiana Public Service Commission et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Tom C. ClarkUnknown

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