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1948 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Wisconsin Electric Power Co. v. United States

336 U.S. 176 · 69 S. Ct. 492 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2956

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
237
U.S. Reports
336 U.S. 176
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 492
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 2956

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Wisconsin Electric Power Co. v. United States.
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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