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1948 term · Vinson Court · 5-4

Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States

338 U.S. 1 · 69 S. Ct. 1434 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2078

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
63
U.S. Reports
338 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 1434
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 2078

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Wiley RutledgeRegular concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent
Stanley ReedDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Fred M. VinsonDissent

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