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1968 term · Warren Court · 5-2

Perkins v. Standard Oil Co. of California

395 U.S. 642 · 89 S. Ct. 1871 · 1969 U.S. LEXIS 3265

The record

Term
1968
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
624
U.S. Reports
395 U.S. 642
S. Ct. citation
89 S. Ct. 1871
LEXIS citation
1969 U.S. LEXIS 3265

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Perkins v. Standard Oil Co. of California.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
John M. Harlan IIUnknown

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