1957 term · Warren Court · 7-1
First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v. County of Los Angeles et al.
357 U.S. 545 · 78 S. Ct. 1350 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 669
The record
- Term
- 1957
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 7-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 382
- U.S. Reports
- 357 U.S. 545
- S. Ct. citation
- 78 S. Ct. 1350
- LEXIS citation
- 1958 U.S. LEXIS 669
How the bench divided
MMMMCCCD?
M 4 majorityC 3 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Regular concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Regular concurrence |
| Harold Burton | Special concurrence |
| Tom C. Clark | Dissent |
| Earl Warren | Unknown |
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