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1960 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Federal Power Commission v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. et al.

365 U.S. 1 · 81 S. Ct. 435 · 1961 U.S. LEXIS 1937

The record

Term
1960
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
45
U.S. Reports
365 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
81 S. Ct. 435
LEXIS citation
1961 U.S. LEXIS 1937

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Federal Power Commission v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent

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