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1948 term · Vinson Court · 5-4

Farrell v. United States et al.

336 U.S. 511 · 69 S. Ct. 707 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2927

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
267
U.S. Reports
336 U.S. 511
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 707
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 2927

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Farrell v. United States et al.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Wiley RutledgeDissent
Frank MurphyDissent

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