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1958 term · Warren Court · 5-4

United States v. Shirey

359 U.S. 255 · 79 S. Ct. 746 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1753

The record

Term
1958
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
72
U.S. Reports
359 U.S. 255
S. Ct. citation
79 S. Ct. 746
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 1753

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Shirey.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
William O. DouglasRegular concurrence
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent

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