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1959 term · Warren Court · 9-0

United States v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co.

361 U.S. 78 · 80 S. Ct. 12 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 153

The record

Term
1959
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
10
U.S. Reports
361 U.S. 78
S. Ct. citation
80 S. Ct. 12
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 153

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority

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