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1957 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Rowoldt v. Perfetto, Acting Officer in Charge, Immigration and Naturalization Service

355 U.S. 115 · 78 S. Ct. 180 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1593

The record

Term
1957
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
5
U.S. Reports
355 U.S. 115
S. Ct. citation
78 S. Ct. 180
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1593

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Rowoldt v. Perfetto, Acting Officer in Charge, Immigration and Naturalization Service.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent
Harold BurtonDissent

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