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1958 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Magenau, Administrator, v. Aetna Freight Lines, Inc.

360 U.S. 273 · 79 S. Ct. 1184 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 812

The record

Term
1958
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
439
U.S. Reports
360 U.S. 273
S. Ct. citation
79 S. Ct. 1184
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 812

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Magenau, Administrator, v. Aetna Freight Lines, Inc.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent

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