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1956 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Lehmann, Officer in Charge, Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. United States ex rel. Carson or Carasaniti

353 U.S. 685 · 77 S. Ct. 1022 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 786

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
72
U.S. Reports
353 U.S. 685
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 1022
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 786

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Lehmann, Officer in Charge, Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. United States ex rel. Carson or Carasaniti.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
William O. DouglasDissent

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