United States v. Interstate Commerce Commission et al.
Decided December 17, 1956. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 12 · 352 U.S. 158 (1956)
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–2.
Majority · 6
- Stanley Forman Reed · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Felix Frankfurter
- Harold Hitz Burton
- John Marshall Harlan
- Tom C. Clark
- William Orville Douglas
Dissenting · 2
- Earl Warren
- Hugo Lafayette Black · filed a dissenting opinion
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