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1965 term · Warren Court · 6-3

United States v. Standard Oil Co.

384 U.S. 224 · 86 S. Ct. 1427 · 1966 U.S. LEXIS 2746

The record

Term
1965
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
291
U.S. Reports
384 U.S. 224
S. Ct. citation
86 S. Ct. 1427
LEXIS citation
1966 U.S. LEXIS 2746

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Standard Oil Co.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Abe FortasMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Potter StewartDissent

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