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1956 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Morey, Auditor of Public Accounts of Illinois, et al. v. Doud et al., Doing Business as Bondified Systems, et al.

354 U.S. 457 · 77 S. Ct. 1344 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1731

The record

Term
1956
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
475
U.S. Reports
354 U.S. 457
S. Ct. citation
77 S. Ct. 1344
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1731

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Morey, Auditor of Public Accounts of Illinois, et al. v. Doud et al., Doing Business as Bondified Systems, et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent

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