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1960 term · Warren Court · 6-3

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. v. Henagan

364 U.S. 441 · 81 S. Ct. 198 · 1960 U.S. LEXIS 142

The record

Term
1960
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
38
U.S. Reports
364 U.S. 441
S. Ct. citation
81 S. Ct. 198
LEXIS citation
1960 U.S. LEXIS 142

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. v. Henagan.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
Felix FrankfurterJurisdictional dissent

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