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Abstract

Argument: Thursday, February 26, 1959
Decision: Monday, April 20, 1959
Issues: Economic Activity, Nongovernmental Liability

Advocates

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Facts of the Case

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Question

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Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 9 votes for Krawill Machinery Corp., 0 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: 46 U.S.C. 1300
Voted with the majority
Douglas
Voted with the majority
Black
Voted with the majority
Warren
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Clark
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Wrote the majority opinion
Whittaker
Voted with the majority
Frankfurter
Voted with the majority
Harlan
Full Opinion by Justice Charles E. Whittaker

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The Oyez Project, Herd & Co. v. Krawill Machinery Corp., 359 U.S. 297 (1959),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1950-1959/1958/1958_276/>
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