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1961 term · Warren Court · 7-1

Marine Engineers Beneficial Association et al. v. Interlake Steamship Co. et al.

370 U.S. 173 · 82 S. Ct. 1237 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 2197

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
166
U.S. Reports
370 U.S. 173
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 1237
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 2197

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Marine Engineers Beneficial Association et al. v. Interlake Steamship Co. et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Felix FrankfurterUnknown

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