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1948 term · Vinson Court · 6-3

Standard Oil Company of California et al. v. United States

337 U.S. 293 · 69 S. Ct. 1051 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2963

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
279
U.S. Reports
337 U.S. 293
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 1051
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 2963

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Standard Oil Company of California et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence
Harold BurtonDissent
Robert H. JacksonDissent
Fred M. VinsonDissent

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