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1965 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Swift & Co., Inc., et al. v. Wickham, Commissioner of Agriculture & Markets of New York

382 U.S. 111 · 86 S. Ct. 258 · 1965 U.S. LEXIS 2252

The record

Term
1965
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
9
U.S. Reports
382 U.S. 111
S. Ct. citation
86 S. Ct. 258
LEXIS citation
1965 U.S. LEXIS 2252

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Swift & Co., Inc., et al. v. Wickham, Commissioner of Agriculture & Markets of New York.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Abe FortasMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
Tom C. ClarkDissent

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