1948 term · Vinson Court · 5-4
Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McALLISTER
337 U.S. 783 · 69 S. Ct. 1317 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2922
The record
- Term
- 1948
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 351
- U.S. Reports
- 337 U.S. 783
- S. Ct. citation
- 69 S. Ct. 1317
- LEXIS citation
- 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2922
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Hugo Black | Dissent |
| Wiley Rutledge | Dissent |
| Frank Murphy | Dissent |
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