1959 term · Warren Court · 5-3
Harris v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
361 U.S. 15 · 80 S. Ct. 22 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 262
The record
- Term
- 1959
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 81
- U.S. Reports
- 361 U.S. 15
- S. Ct. citation
- 80 S. Ct. 22
- LEXIS citation
- 1959 U.S. LEXIS 262
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDD?
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Regular concurrence |
| John M. Harlan II | Dissent |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Dissent |
| Felix Frankfurter | Jurisdictional dissent |
| Potter Stewart | Unknown |
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