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1947 term · Vinson Court · 8-1

United States et al. v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. et al.

333 U.S. 169 · 68 S. Ct. 494 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2738

The record

Term
1947
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
223
U.S. Reports
333 U.S. 169
S. Ct. citation
68 S. Ct. 494
LEXIS citation
1948 U.S. LEXIS 2738

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States et al. v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. et al.
JusticeVote
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Harold BurtonDissent

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