1948 term · Vinson Court · 5-4
Black Diamond Steamship Corp. v. Robert Stewart & Sons, Ltd. et al.
336 U.S. 386 · 69 S. Ct. 622 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2928
The record
- Term
- 1948
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 121
- U.S. Reports
- 336 U.S. 386
- S. Ct. citation
- 69 S. Ct. 622
- LEXIS citation
- 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2928
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Frank Murphy | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
| Wiley Rutledge | Dissent |
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