1957 term · Warren Court · 5-4
Trop v. Dulles, Secretary of State, et al.
356 U.S. 86 · 78 S. Ct. 590 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1284
The record
- Term
- 1957
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 70
- U.S. Reports
- 356 U.S. 86
- S. Ct. citation
- 78 S. Ct. 590
- LEXIS citation
- 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1284
How the bench divided
MMCCCDDDD
M 2 majorityC 3 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Judgment of the Court |
| Hugo Black | Regular concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Regular concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| John M. Harlan II | Dissent |
| Tom C. Clark | Dissent |
| Felix Frankfurter | Dissent |
| Harold Burton | Dissent |
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