Home › Cases › 1950-1959 › 1955 › Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Mackey ›

Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Mackey

Media Items
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
34
Petitioner: 
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Respondent: 
Mackey
Decided By: 
Warren Court (1955-1956)
Opinion: 
351 U.S. 427 (1956)
Argued: 
Tuesday, February 28, 1956
Decided: 
Monday, June 11, 1956
Issues: 
Judicial Power, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Cite this page
The Oyez Project, Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Mackey , 351 U.S. 427 (1956)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1955/1955_34)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

None

Question: 

None

Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Mackey, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including Appellate Procedure (or relevant rules of a circuit court)

Sort by Ideology

Voted with the majority
Warren
Voted with the majority
Black
Voted with the majority
Reed
Wrote a special concurrence
Frankfurter
Voted with the majority
Douglas
Wrote the majority opinion
Burton
Voted with the majority
Clark
Voted with the majority
Minton
Voted with the majority, joined Frankfurter's concurrence
Harlan

Full Opinion by Justice Harold Burton