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1946 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Myers v. Reading Company

331 U.S. 477 · 67 S. Ct. 1334 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2203

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
367
U.S. Reports
331 U.S. 477
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 1334
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2203

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Myers v. Reading Company.
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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