1947 term · Vinson Court · 5-4
Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Waterman Steamship Corp.
333 U.S. 103 · 68 S. Ct. 431 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2720
The record
- Term
- 1947
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 78
- U.S. Reports
- 333 U.S. 103
- S. Ct. citation
- 68 S. Ct. 431
- LEXIS citation
- 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2720
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Frank Murphy | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| Hugo Black | Dissent |
| Wiley Rutledge | Dissent |
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