1957 term · Warren Court · 8-1
Harmon v. Brucker, Secretary of the Army
355 U.S. 579 · 78 S. Ct. 433 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1422
The record
- Term
- 1957
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 8-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 80
- U.S. Reports
- 355 U.S. 579
- S. Ct. citation
- 78 S. Ct. 433
- LEXIS citation
- 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1422
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMD
M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Dissent |
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