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1960 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Kossick v. United Fruit Co.

365 U.S. 731 · 81 S. Ct. 886 · 1961 U.S. LEXIS 1955

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
96
U.S. Reports
365 U.S. 731
S. Ct. citation
81 S. Ct. 886
LEXIS citation
1961 U.S. LEXIS 1955

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Kossick v. United Fruit Co.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Potter StewartDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent

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