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1959 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Pennsylvania Railroad Co. v. United States

363 U.S. 202 · 80 S. Ct. 1131 · 1960 U.S. LEXIS 1893

The record

Term
1959
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
451
U.S. Reports
363 U.S. 202
S. Ct. citation
80 S. Ct. 1131
LEXIS citation
1960 U.S. LEXIS 1893

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Pennsylvania Railroad Co. v. United States.
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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