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1957 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Safeway Stores, Inc., v. Vance, Trustee in Bankruptcy

355 U.S. 389 · 78 S. Ct. 358 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1829

The record

Term
1957
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
69
U.S. Reports
355 U.S. 389
S. Ct. citation
78 S. Ct. 358
LEXIS citation
1958 U.S. LEXIS 1829

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Safeway Stores, Inc., v. Vance, Trustee in Bankruptcy.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Earl WarrenDissent

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