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1948 term · Vinson Court · 8-0

Federal Communications Commission v. WJR, the Goodwill Station, Inc. et al.

337 U.S. 265 · 69 S. Ct. 1097 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2953

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
495
U.S. Reports
337 U.S. 265
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 1097
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 2953

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Federal Communications Commission v. WJR, the Goodwill Station, Inc. et al.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Frank MurphyUnknown

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