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1959 term · Warren Court · 8-1

Sentilles v. Inter-Caribbean Shipping Corp.

361 U.S. 107 · 80 S. Ct. 173 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1757

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
Docket
6
U.S. Reports
361 U.S. 107
S. Ct. citation
80 S. Ct. 173
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 1757

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 3 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Sentilles v. Inter-Caribbean Shipping Corp.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
John M. Harlan IISpecial concurrence
Charles E. WhittakerSpecial concurrence
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence
Felix FrankfurterJurisdictional dissent

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