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1959 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Braen v. Pfeifer Oil Transportation Co., Inc.

361 U.S. 129 · 80 S. Ct. 247 · 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1755

The record

Term
1959
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
32
U.S. Reports
361 U.S. 129
S. Ct. citation
80 S. Ct. 247
LEXIS citation
1959 U.S. LEXIS 1755

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Braen v. Pfeifer Oil Transportation Co., Inc.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent

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