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1960 term · Warren Court · 8-0

Sam Fox Publishing Co., Inc., et al. v. United States et al.

366 U.S. 683 · 81 S. Ct. 1309 · 1961 U.S. LEXIS 2112

The record

Term
1960
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
56
U.S. Reports
366 U.S. 683
S. Ct. citation
81 S. Ct. 1309
LEXIS citation
1961 U.S. LEXIS 2112

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Sam Fox Publishing Co., Inc., et al. v. United States et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Tom C. ClarkUnknown

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