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1968 term · Warren Court · 5-4

Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp. et al.

394 U.S. 495 · 89 S. Ct. 1252 · 1969 U.S. LEXIS 3320

The record

Term
1968
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
306
U.S. Reports
394 U.S. 495
S. Ct. citation
89 S. Ct. 1252
LEXIS citation
1969 U.S. LEXIS 3320

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp. et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
Abe FortasDissent

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