1957 term · Warren Court · 5-4
Leng May Ma v. Barber, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service
357 U.S. 185 · 78 S. Ct. 1072 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 817
The record
- Term
- 1957
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 105
- U.S. Reports
- 357 U.S. 185
- S. Ct. citation
- 78 S. Ct. 1072
- LEXIS citation
- 1958 U.S. LEXIS 817
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Earl Warren | Dissent |
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