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1963 term · Warren Court · 8-1

Mercer v. Theriot

377 U.S. 152 · 84 S. Ct. 1157 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 1365

The record

Term
1963
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
336
U.S. Reports
377 U.S. 152
S. Ct. citation
84 S. Ct. 1157
LEXIS citation
1964 U.S. LEXIS 1365

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mercer v. Theriot.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent

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