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1958 term · Warren Court · 9-0

City of Meridian v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.

358 U.S. 639 · 79 S. Ct. 455 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1492

The record

Term
1958
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
546
U.S. Reports
358 U.S. 639
S. Ct. citation
79 S. Ct. 455
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 1492

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in City of Meridian v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
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