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1948 term · Vinson Court · 6-3

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. et al. v. Acme Fast Freight, Inc.

336 U.S. 465 · 69 S. Ct. 692 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2969

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
65
U.S. Reports
336 U.S. 465
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 692
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 2969

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. et al. v. Acme Fast Freight, Inc.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Wiley RutledgeDissent

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