1957 term · Warren Court · 6-2
Sacher v. United States
356 U.S. 576 · 78 S. Ct. 842 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1032
The record
- Term
- 1957
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 6-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 828
- U.S. Reports
- 356 U.S. 576
- S. Ct. citation
- 78 S. Ct. 842
- LEXIS citation
- 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1032
How the bench divided
MMMMMCDD?
M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| John M. Harlan II | Regular concurrence |
| Tom C. Clark | Dissent |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Dissent |
| Harold Burton | Unknown |
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