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1956 term · Warren Court · 8-0

Service v. Dulles et al.

354 U.S. 363 · 77 S. Ct. 1152 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 658

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
407
U.S. Reports
354 U.S. 363
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 1152
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 658

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Service v. Dulles 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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