1965 term · Warren Court · 8-0
Accardi et al. v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
383 U.S. 225 · 86 S. Ct. 768 · 1966 U.S. LEXIS 2159
The record
- Term
- 1965
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 280
- U.S. Reports
- 383 U.S. 225
- S. Ct. citation
- 86 S. Ct. 768
- LEXIS citation
- 1966 U.S. LEXIS 2159
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMM?
M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Abe Fortas | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Unknown |
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