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1948 term · Vinson Court · 6-3

Woods v. Interstate Realty Co.

337 U.S. 535 · 69 S. Ct. 1235 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2148

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
465
U.S. Reports
337 U.S. 535
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 1235
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 2148

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Woods v. Interstate Realty Co.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Harold BurtonDissent
Robert H. JacksonDissent
Wiley RutledgeDissent

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