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1959 term · Warren Court · 9-0

West v. United States et al.

361 U.S. 118 · 80 S. Ct. 189 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1756

The record

Term
1959
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
11
U.S. Reports
361 U.S. 118
S. Ct. citation
80 S. Ct. 189
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 1756

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

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

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