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1958 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Williams et ux. v. Lee, Doing Business as Ganado Trading Post

358 U.S. 217 · 79 S. Ct. 269 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1656

The record

Term
1958
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
39
U.S. Reports
358 U.S. 217
S. Ct. citation
79 S. Ct. 269
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 1656

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Williams et ux. v. Lee, Doing Business as Ganado Trading Post.
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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