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1958 term · Warren Court · 5-4

San Diego Building Trades Council et al. v. Garmon et al.

359 U.S. 236 · 79 S. Ct. 773 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1819

The record

Term
1958
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
66
U.S. Reports
359 U.S. 236
S. Ct. citation
79 S. Ct. 773
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 1819

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in San Diego Building Trades Council et al. v. Garmon et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent