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1946 term · Vinson Court · 5-3

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America v. United States

330 U.S. 395 · 67 S. Ct. 775 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2951

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
6
U.S. Reports
330 U.S. 395
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 775
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2951

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America v. United States.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Harold BurtonDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Fred M. VinsonDissent
Robert H. JacksonUnknown

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