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1962 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Federal Trade Commission v. Sun Oil Co.

371 U.S. 505 · 83 S. Ct. 358 · 1963 U.S. LEXIS 2631

The record

Term
1962
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
56
U.S. Reports
371 U.S. 505
S. Ct. citation
83 S. Ct. 358
LEXIS citation
1963 U.S. LEXIS 2631

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Federal Trade Commission v. Sun Oil Co.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent

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