Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 1955

Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, v. King Packing Co.

Decided January 30, 1956. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 39 · 350 U.S. 260 (1956) · Cited 137 times

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Decided 9–0.

Majority · 9

Earl Warren · delivered the opinion of the Court
Felix Frankfurter
Harold Hitz Burton
Hugo Lafayette Black
John Marshall Harlan
Sherman Minton
Stanley Forman Reed
Tom C. Clark
William Orville Douglas

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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