Home › Cases › 1950-1959 › 1958 › Farmers Union v. Wday ›

Farmers Union v. Wday

Media Items
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
248
Petitioner: 
Farmers Union
Respondent: 
Wday
Decided By: 
Warren Court (1958-1962)
Opinion: 
360 U.S. 525 (1959)
Argued: 
Monday, March 23, 1959
Decided: 
Monday, June 29, 1959
Issues: 
First Amendment, Libel, Defamation

Cite this page
The Oyez Project, Farmers Union v. Wday , 360 U.S. 525 (1959)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1958/1958_248)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

None

Question: 

None

Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Wday, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Communication Act of 1934

Sort by Ideology

Voted with the majority
Warren
Wrote the majority opinion
Black
Wrote a dissent
Frankfurter
Voted with the majority
Douglas
Voted with the majority
Clark
Voted with the minority, joined Frankfurter's dissent
Harlan
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the minority, joined Frankfurter's dissent
Whittaker
Voted with the minority, joined Frankfurter's dissent
Stewart

Full Opinion by Justice Hugo L. Black