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1958 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Farmers Educational & Cooperative Union of America, North Dakota Division, v. Wday, Inc.

360 U.S. 525 · 79 S. Ct. 1302 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 660

The record

Term
1958
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
248
U.S. Reports
360 U.S. 525
S. Ct. citation
79 S. Ct. 1302
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 660

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Farmers Educational & Cooperative Union of America, North Dakota Division, v. Wday, Inc.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent

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