1959 term · Warren Court · 7-1
Lewis et al., Trustees, v. Benedict Coal Corp.
361 U.S. 459 · 80 S. Ct. 489 · 1960 U.S. LEXIS 1951
The record
- Term
- 1959
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 7-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Vacated
- Docket
- 18
- U.S. Reports
- 361 U.S. 459
- S. Ct. citation
- 80 S. Ct. 489
- LEXIS citation
- 1960 U.S. LEXIS 1951
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMD?
M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Charles E. Whittaker | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Dissent |
| Potter Stewart | Unknown |
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