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1968 term · Warren Court · 7-1

Citizen Publishing Co. et al. v. United States

394 U.S. 131 · 89 S. Ct. 927 · 1969 U.S. LEXIS 3199

The record

Term
1968
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
243
U.S. Reports
394 U.S. 131
S. Ct. citation
89 S. Ct. 927
LEXIS citation
1969 U.S. LEXIS 3199

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Citizen Publishing Co. et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
John M. Harlan IISpecial concurrence
Potter StewartDissent
Abe FortasUnknown

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