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1965 term · Warren Court · 8-1

Hopson et al. v. Texaco, Inc.

383 U.S. 262 · 86 S. Ct. 765 · 1966 U.S. LEXIS 2763

The record

Term
1965
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
818
U.S. Reports
383 U.S. 262
S. Ct. citation
86 S. Ct. 765
LEXIS citation
1966 U.S. LEXIS 2763

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Hopson et al. v. Texaco, Inc.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Abe FortasMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent

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