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1946 term · Vinson Court · 8-1

Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Walker et al., Doing Business as Depthograph Co.

329 U.S. 1 · 67 S. Ct. 6 · 1946 U.S. LEXIS 1724

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
24
U.S. Reports
329 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 6
LEXIS citation
1946 U.S. LEXIS 1724

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Walker et al., Doing Business as Depthograph Co.
JusticeVote
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Felix FrankfurterSpecial concurrence
Harold BurtonDissent

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