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1946 term · Vinson Court · 7-2

Penfield Company of California et al. v. Securities & Exchange Commission

330 U.S. 585 · 67 S. Ct. 918 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2471

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
453
U.S. Reports
330 U.S. 585
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 918
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2471

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Penfield Company of California et al. v. Securities & Exchange Commission.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Wiley RutledgeSpecial concurrence
Robert H. JacksonDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent

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