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1961 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Federal Land Bank of Wichita v. Board of County Commissioners of Kiowa County, Kansas, et al.

368 U.S. 146 · 82 S. Ct. 282 · 1961 U.S. LEXIS 1956

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
25
U.S. Reports
368 U.S. 146
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 282
LEXIS citation
1961 U.S. LEXIS 1956

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Federal Land Bank of Wichita v. Board of County Commissioners of Kiowa County, Kansas, et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Charles E. WhittakerMajority
Hugo BlackSpecial concurrence

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