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1948 term · Vinson Court · 4-3

Ford Motor Co. v. United States

335 U.S. 303 · 69 S. Ct. 93 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2712

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
4-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
2
U.S. Reports
335 U.S. 303
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 93
LEXIS citation
1948 U.S. LEXIS 2712

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityD 3 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Ford Motor Co. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Wiley RutledgeDissent
Robert H. JacksonUnknown
Frank MurphyUnknown

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