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1956 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Swanson et al. v. Traer et al.

354 U.S. 114 · 77 S. Ct. 1116 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 731

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
149
U.S. Reports
354 U.S. 114
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 1116
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 731

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 4 concurring

How each justice voted in Swanson et al. v. Traer et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IISpecial concurrence
Felix FrankfurterSpecial concurrence
Charles E. WhittakerSpecial concurrence
Harold BurtonSpecial concurrence

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