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1967 term · Warren Court · 8-1

American Commercial Lines, Inc., et al. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. et al.

392 U.S. 571 · 88 S. Ct. 2105 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 2921

The record

Term
1967
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
797
U.S. Reports
392 U.S. 571
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 2105
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 2921

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in American Commercial Lines, Inc., et al. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. et al.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Abe FortasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
John M. Harlan IISpecial concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent

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