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1957 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Public Service Commission of Utah et al. v. United States et al.

356 U.S. 421 · 78 S. Ct. 796 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1784

The record

Term
1957
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
15
U.S. Reports
356 U.S. 421
S. Ct. citation
78 S. Ct. 796
LEXIS citation
1958 U.S. LEXIS 1784

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Public Service Commission of Utah et al. v. United States et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent
Harold BurtonDissent

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