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1962 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Local No. 438 Construction & General Laborers' Union, AFL-CIO, v. Curry et al., Doing Business as S. J. Curry & Co.

371 U.S. 542 · 83 S. Ct. 531 · 1963 U.S. LEXIS 2516

The record

Term
1962
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
87
U.S. Reports
371 U.S. 542
S. Ct. citation
83 S. Ct. 531
LEXIS citation
1963 U.S. LEXIS 2516

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Local No. 438 Construction & General Laborers' Union, AFL-CIO, v. Curry et al., Doing Business as S. J. Curry & Co.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
John M. Harlan IISpecial concurrence

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