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1947 term · Vinson Court · 5-4

Priebe & Sons, Inc. v. United States

332 U.S. 407 · 68 S. Ct. 123 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2855

The record

Term
1947
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
16
U.S. Reports
332 U.S. 407
S. Ct. citation
68 S. Ct. 123
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2855

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Priebe & Sons, Inc. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Frank MurphyDissent
Fred M. VinsonDissent

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