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1961 term · Warren Court · 6-1

Manual Enterprises, Inc., et al. v. Day, Postmaster General

370 U.S. 478 · 82 S. Ct. 1432 · 1962 U.S. LEXIS 2163

The record

Term
1961
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
6-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
123
U.S. Reports
370 U.S. 478
S. Ct. citation
82 S. Ct. 1432
LEXIS citation
1962 U.S. LEXIS 2163

How the bench divided

M 2 majorityC 4 concurringD 1 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Manual Enterprises, Inc., et al. v. Day, Postmaster General.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
John M. Harlan IIJudgment of the Court
Hugo BlackSpecial concurrence
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Earl WarrenSpecial concurrence
Tom C. ClarkDissent
Byron WhiteUnknown
Felix FrankfurterUnknown

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