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1962 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Head, Doing Business as Lea County Publishing Co., et al. v. New Mexico Board of Examiners in Optometry

374 U.S. 424 · 83 S. Ct. 1759 · 1963 U.S. LEXIS 977

The record

Term
1962
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
392
U.S. Reports
374 U.S. 424
S. Ct. citation
83 S. Ct. 1759
LEXIS citation
1963 U.S. LEXIS 977

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 2 concurring

How each justice voted in Head, Doing Business as Lea County Publishing Co., et al. v. New Mexico Board of Examiners in Optometry.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence

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