1948 term · Vinson Court · 7-2
Wilkerson v. McCARTHY et al., Trustees
336 U.S. 53 · 69 S. Ct. 413 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2799
The record
- Term
- 1948
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 7-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 53
- U.S. Reports
- 336 U.S. 53
- S. Ct. citation
- 69 S. Ct. 413
- LEXIS citation
- 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2799
How the bench divided
MMCCCCCDD
M 2 majorityC 5 concurringD 2 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Regular concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Regular concurrence |
| Felix Frankfurter | Regular concurrence |
| Wiley Rutledge | Regular concurrence |
| Frank Murphy | Regular concurrence |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
| Fred M. Vinson | Dissent |
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