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1948 term · Vinson Court · 8-1

Empresa Siderurgica, S. A., et al. v. County of Merced et al.

337 U.S. 154 · 69 S. Ct. 995 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2347

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
327
U.S. Reports
337 U.S. 154
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 995
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 2347

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Empresa Siderurgica, S. A., et al. v. County of Merced et al.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Felix FrankfurterDissent

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