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1960 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Goldberg, Secretary of Labor, v. Whitaker House Cooperative, Inc., et al.

366 U.S. 28 · 81 S. Ct. 933 · 1961 U.S. LEXIS 2026

The record

Term
1960
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
274
U.S. Reports
366 U.S. 28
S. Ct. citation
81 S. Ct. 933
LEXIS citation
1961 U.S. LEXIS 2026

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Goldberg, Secretary of Labor, v. Whitaker House Cooperative, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Potter StewartDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent