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1961 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., et al.

368 U.S. 464 · 82 S. Ct. 486 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 2315

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
45
U.S. Reports
368 U.S. 464
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 486
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 2315

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Poller v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent

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