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1946 term · Vinson Court · 7-1

United States v. Munsey Trust Co., Receiver

332 U.S. 234 · 67 S. Ct. 1599 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2846

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
847
U.S. Reports
332 U.S. 234
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 1599
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2846

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Munsey Trust Co., Receiver.
JusticeVote
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Harold BurtonDissent
William O. DouglasUnknown

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