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1959 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Thompson v. City of Louisville et al.

362 U.S. 199 · 80 S. Ct. 624 · 1960 U.S. LEXIS 1448

The record

Term
1959
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
59
U.S. Reports
362 U.S. 199
S. Ct. citation
80 S. Ct. 624
LEXIS citation
1960 U.S. LEXIS 1448

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

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

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