Harrison, Attorney General of Virginia, et al. v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People et al.
Decided June 8, 1959. John Marshall Harlan delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 127 · 360 U.S. 167 (1959)
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 6
- John Marshall Harlan · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Charles Evans Whittaker
- Felix Frankfurter
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Potter Stewart
- Tom C. Clark
Dissenting · 3
- Earl Warren
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
- William Orville Douglas · filed a dissenting opinion
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