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1946 term · Vinson Court · 5-4

Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert, Doing Business as Gilbert Storage & Transfer Co.

330 U.S. 501 · 67 S. Ct. 839 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2551

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
93
U.S. Reports
330 U.S. 501
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 839
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2551

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert, Doing Business as Gilbert Storage & Transfer Co.
JusticeVote
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Harold BurtonDissent
Stanley ReedDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Wiley RutledgeDissent

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