1958 term · Warren Court · 9-0
Scull v. Virginia ex rel. Committee on Law Reform and Racial Activities
359 U.S. 344 · 79 S. Ct. 838 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1762
The record
- Term
- 1958
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 51
- U.S. Reports
- 359 U.S. 344
- S. Ct. citation
- 79 S. Ct. 838
- LEXIS citation
- 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1762
How the bench divided
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M 9 majority
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
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