1957 term · Warren Court · 7-1
First Methodist Church of San Leandro et al. v. Horstmann, Assessor of Alameda County, California, et al.
357 U.S. 568 · 78 S. Ct. 1380 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 672
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
- Docket
- 485
- U.S. Reports
- 357 U.S. 568
- S. Ct. citation
- 78 S. Ct. 1380
- LEXIS citation
- 1958 U.S. LEXIS 672
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMD?
M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Dissent |
| Earl Warren | Unknown |
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