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1959 term · Warren Court · 8-1

Conner v. Butler et al.

361 U.S. 29 · 80 S. Ct. 21 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 263

The record

Term
1959
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
328
U.S. Reports
361 U.S. 29
S. Ct. citation
80 S. Ct. 21
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 263

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Conner v. Butler et al.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Felix FrankfurterJurisdictional dissent

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