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1958 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Boston & Maine Railroad et al. v. United States et al.

358 U.S. 68 · 79 S. Ct. 107 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 1779

The record

Term
1958
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
310
U.S. Reports
358 U.S. 68
S. Ct. citation
79 S. Ct. 107
LEXIS citation
1958 U.S. LEXIS 1779

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Boston & Maine Railroad et al. v. United States et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority

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