1947 term · Vinson Court · 5-4
Federal Crop Insurance Corp. v. Merrill et al., Doing Business as Merrill Bros.
332 U.S. 380 · 68 S. Ct. 1 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2856
The record
- Term
- 1947
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 45
- U.S. Reports
- 332 U.S. 380
- S. Ct. citation
- 68 S. Ct. 1
- LEXIS citation
- 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2856
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Frank Murphy | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
| Wiley Rutledge | Dissent |
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