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1961 term · Warren Court · 7-0

Brown Shoe Co., Inc., v. United States

370 U.S. 294 · 82 S. Ct. 1502 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 2290

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
4
U.S. Reports
370 U.S. 294
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 1502
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 2290

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 2 concurring? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Brown Shoe Co., Inc., v. United States.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
John M. Harlan IISpecial concurrence
Tom C. ClarkSpecial concurrence
Byron WhiteUnknown
Felix FrankfurterUnknown

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