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1964 term · Warren Court · 7-0

American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada et al. v. Wittstein et al.

379 U.S. 171 · 85 S. Ct. 300 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 2149

The record

Term
1964
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
27
U.S. Reports
379 U.S. 171
S. Ct. citation
85 S. Ct. 300
LEXIS citation
1964 U.S. LEXIS 2149

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada et al. v. Wittstein et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Earl WarrenUnknown
Arthur GoldbergUnknown