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1946 term · Vinson Court · 7-2

Interstate Commerce Commission v. Mechling, Doing Business as A. L. Mechling Barge Line, et al.

330 U.S. 567 · 67 S. Ct. 894 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2871

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
72
U.S. Reports
330 U.S. 567
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 894
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2871

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Interstate Commerce Commission v. Mechling, Doing Business as A. L. Mechling Barge Line, et al.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Robert H. JacksonDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent

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