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1948 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Adkins, Administratrix, v. E. I. DuPONT de Nemours & Co., Inc. United States, Intervenor

335 U.S. 331 · 69 S. Ct. 85 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2741

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
1M
U.S. Reports
335 U.S. 331
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 85
LEXIS citation
1948 U.S. LEXIS 2741

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Adkins, Administratrix, v. E. I. DuPONT de Nemours & Co., Inc. United States, Intervenor.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority

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