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1961 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Public Affairs Associates, Inc., Trading as Public Affairs Press, v. Rickover

369 U.S. 111 · 82 S. Ct. 580 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 2334

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
36
U.S. Reports
369 U.S. 111
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 580
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 2334

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Public Affairs Associates, Inc., Trading as Public Affairs Press, v. Rickover.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
William O. DouglasRegular concurrence
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Earl WarrenDissent
Charles E. WhittakerDissent

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