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1957 term · Warren Court · 8-1

United States v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.

355 U.S. 253 · 78 S. Ct. 212 · 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1567

The record

Term
1957
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
45
U.S. Reports
355 U.S. 253
S. Ct. citation
78 S. Ct. 212
LEXIS citation
1957 U.S. LEXIS 1567

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Felix FrankfurterDissent

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