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1964 term · Warren Court · 7-2

General Motors Corp. v. District of Columbia

380 U.S. 553 · 85 S. Ct. 1156 · 1965 U.S. LEXIS 1349

The record

Term
1964
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
352
U.S. Reports
380 U.S. 553
S. Ct. citation
85 S. Ct. 1156
LEXIS citation
1965 U.S. LEXIS 1349

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in General Motors Corp. v. District of Columbia.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Arthur GoldbergMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
William O. DouglasDissent

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