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1957 term · Warren Court · 8-1

Marshall v. Brucker, Secretary of the Army

356 U.S. 24 · 78 S. Ct. 562 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1384

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 and remanded
Docket
41 M
U.S. Reports
356 U.S. 24
S. Ct. citation
78 S. Ct. 562
LEXIS citation
1958 U.S. LEXIS 1384

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Marshall v. Brucker, Secretary of the Army.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Tom C. ClarkDissent

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