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1962 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Shenker v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.

374 U.S. 1 · 83 S. Ct. 1667 · 1963 U.S. LEXIS 1266

The record

Term
1962
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
414
U.S. Reports
374 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
83 S. Ct. 1667
LEXIS citation
1963 U.S. LEXIS 1266

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Shenker v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Arthur GoldbergDissent

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