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1963 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Brooks v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.

376 U.S. 182 · 84 S. Ct. 578 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 1780

The record

Term
1963
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
53
U.S. Reports
376 U.S. 182
S. Ct. citation
84 S. Ct. 578
LEXIS citation
1964 U.S. LEXIS 1780

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Brooks v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority

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