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1963 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Southern Railway Co. v. North Carolina et al.

376 U.S. 93 · 84 S. Ct. 564 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 1776

The record

Term
1963
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
74
U.S. Reports
376 U.S. 93
S. Ct. citation
84 S. Ct. 564
LEXIS citation
1964 U.S. LEXIS 1776

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Southern Railway Co. v. North Carolina et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Earl WarrenDissent
Arthur GoldbergDissent

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