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1957 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Rainwater et al., Doing Business as R. S. Rainwater & Sons, et al. v. United States

356 U.S. 590 · 78 S. Ct. 946 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1759

The record

Term
1957
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
276
U.S. Reports
356 U.S. 590
S. Ct. citation
78 S. Ct. 946
LEXIS citation
1958 U.S. LEXIS 1759

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Rainwater et al., Doing Business as R. S. Rainwater & Sons, et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Harold BurtonMajority

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