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1958 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Shuttlesworth et al. v. Birmingham Board of Education of Jefferson County, Alabama.

358 U.S. 101 · 79 S. Ct. 221 · 1958 U.S. LEXIS 117

The record

Term
1958
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
341
U.S. Reports
358 U.S. 101
S. Ct. citation
79 S. Ct. 221
LEXIS citation
1958 U.S. LEXIS 117

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Shuttlesworth et al. v. Birmingham Board of Education of Jefferson County, Alabama.
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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