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1966 term · Warren Court · 8-1

Vaca et al. v. Sipes, Administrator

386 U.S. 171 · 87 S. Ct. 903 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 2873

The record

Term
1966
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
114
U.S. Reports
386 U.S. 171
S. Ct. citation
87 S. Ct. 903
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 2873

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 3 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Vaca et al. v. Sipes, Administrator.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
John M. Harlan IISpecial concurrence
Earl WarrenSpecial concurrence
Abe FortasSpecial concurrence
Hugo BlackDissent