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1948 term · Vinson Court · 5-3

Federal Power Commission v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. et al.

337 U.S. 498 · 69 S. Ct. 1251 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2951

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
558
U.S. Reports
337 U.S. 498
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 1251
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 2951

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Federal Power Commission v. Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. et al.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Wiley RutledgeDissent
Frank MurphyUnknown

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