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1946 term · Vinson Court · 8-1

United States v. Walsh, Trading as Kelp Laboratories

331 U.S. 432 · 67 S. Ct. 1283 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2267

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
718
U.S. Reports
331 U.S. 432
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 1283
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2267

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Walsh, Trading as Kelp Laboratories.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Robert H. JacksonDissent

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