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1961 term · Warren Court · 5-3

Sinclair Refining Co. v. Atkinson et al.

370 U.S. 195 · 82 S. Ct. 1328 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 2140

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
434
U.S. Reports
370 U.S. 195
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 1328
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 2140

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Sinclair Refining Co. v. Atkinson et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Felix FrankfurterUnknown

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