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1958 term · Warren Court · 6-2

Dick v. New York Life Insurance Co.

359 U.S. 437 · 79 S. Ct. 921 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 994

The record

Term
1958
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
58
U.S. Reports
359 U.S. 437
S. Ct. citation
79 S. Ct. 921
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 994

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Dick v. New York Life Insurance Co.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent
John M. Harlan IIUnknown

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