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1964 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Farmer v. Arabian American Oil Co.

379 U.S. 227 · 85 S. Ct. 411 · 1964 U.S. LEXIS 3

The record

Term
1964
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
32
U.S. Reports
379 U.S. 227
S. Ct. citation
85 S. Ct. 411
LEXIS citation
1964 U.S. LEXIS 3

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Farmer v. Arabian American Oil Co.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Arthur GoldbergSpecial concurrence
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent

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