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1964 term · Warren Court · 9-0

United States v. Boston & Maine Railroad et al.

380 U.S. 157 · 85 S. Ct. 868 · 1965 U.S. LEXIS 2435

The record

Term
1964
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
232
U.S. Reports
380 U.S. 157
S. Ct. citation
85 S. Ct. 868
LEXIS citation
1965 U.S. LEXIS 2435

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States v. Boston & Maine Railroad et al.
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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