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1959 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Ward v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.

362 U.S. 396 · 80 S. Ct. 789 · 1960 U.S. LEXIS 1305

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
485
U.S. Reports
362 U.S. 396
S. Ct. citation
80 S. Ct. 789
LEXIS citation
1960 U.S. LEXIS 1305

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Ward v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent
Felix FrankfurterJurisdictional dissent

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