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1947 term · Vinson Court · 6-1

United States v. Griffith et al.

334 U.S. 100 · 68 S. Ct. 941 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2833

The record

Term
1947
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
64
U.S. Reports
334 U.S. 100
S. Ct. citation
68 S. Ct. 941
LEXIS citation
1948 U.S. LEXIS 2833

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 1 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Griffith et al.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Robert H. JacksonUnknown
Frank MurphyUnknown

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