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1946 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Rice et al. v. Board of Trade of the City of Chicago

331 U.S. 247 · 67 S. Ct. 1160 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2319

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
471
U.S. Reports
331 U.S. 247
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 1160
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2319

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Rice et al. v. Board of Trade of the City of Chicago.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority

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