1957 term · Warren Court · 7-2
Nishikawa v. Dulles, Secretary of State
356 U.S. 129 · 78 S. Ct. 612 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1285
The record
- Term
- 1957
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 19
- U.S. Reports
- 356 U.S. 129
- S. Ct. citation
- 78 S. Ct. 612
- LEXIS citation
- 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1285
How the bench divided
MMMCCCCDD
M 3 majorityC 4 concurringD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Regular concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Regular concurrence |
| Felix Frankfurter | Special concurrence |
| Harold Burton | Special concurrence |
| John M. Harlan II | Dissent |
| Tom C. Clark | Dissent |
Same issue area
More on Civil Rights
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. Civil Rights accounts for 1,508 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.
Dessalernos v. Savoretti, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service
McKinney v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co. et al.
Lehmann, Officer in Charge, Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. United States ex rel. Carson or Carasaniti
Mulcahey, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. Catalanotte
Farley v. United States
Kinsella, Warden, v. United States ex rel. Singleton