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1959 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Flemming, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, v. Nestor

363 U.S. 603 · 80 S. Ct. 1367 · 1960 U.S. LEXIS 917

The record

Term
1959
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
54
U.S. Reports
363 U.S. 603
S. Ct. citation
80 S. Ct. 1367
LEXIS citation
1960 U.S. LEXIS 917

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Flemming, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, v. Nestor.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Earl WarrenDissent

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