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1961 term · Warren Court · 5-2

Vaughan v. Atkinson et al.

369 U.S. 527 · 82 S. Ct. 997 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 2142

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
323
U.S. Reports
369 U.S. 527
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 997
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 2142

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 2 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Vaughan v. Atkinson et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Byron WhiteUnknown
Felix FrankfurterUnknown

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