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1958 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Southwestern Sugar & Molasses Co., Inc., v. River Terminals Corp.

360 U.S. 411 · 79 S. Ct. 1210 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1759

The record

Term
1958
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
155
U.S. Reports
360 U.S. 411
S. Ct. citation
79 S. Ct. 1210
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 1759

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Southwestern Sugar & Molasses Co., Inc., v. River Terminals Corp.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
Earl WarrenDissent

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