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1959 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Phillips Chemical Co. v. Dumas Independent School District

361 U.S. 376 · 80 S. Ct. 474 · 1960 U.S. LEXIS 1600

The record

Term
1959
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
40
U.S. Reports
361 U.S. 376
S. Ct. citation
80 S. Ct. 474
LEXIS citation
1960 U.S. LEXIS 1600

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Phillips Chemical Co. v. Dumas Independent School District.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Felix FrankfurterSpecial concurrence

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