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1946 term · Vinson Court · 8-1

Order of Railway Conductors of America et al. v. Swan et al.

329 U.S. 520 · 67 S. Ct. 405 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2967

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
63
U.S. Reports
329 U.S. 520
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 405
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2967

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Order of Railway Conductors of America et al. v. Swan et al.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Felix FrankfurterDissent

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