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1948 term · Vinson Court · 8-1

City of New York v. Saper, Trustee in Bankruptcy

336 U.S. 328 · 69 S. Ct. 554 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 3010

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
168
U.S. Reports
336 U.S. 328
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 554
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 3010

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in City of New York v. Saper, Trustee in Bankruptcy.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Stanley ReedDissent

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