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1946 term · Vinson Court · 6-3

Jesionowski, Administratrix, v. Boston & Maine Railroad

329 U.S. 452 · 67 S. Ct. 401 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2776

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
88
U.S. Reports
329 U.S. 452
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 401
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2776

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Jesionowski, Administratrix, v. Boston & Maine Railroad.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Harold BurtonDissent
Robert H. JacksonDissent
Stanley ReedDissent

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