1949 term · Vinson Court · 7-0
Boyd v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company
338 U.S. 263 · 70 S. Ct. 26 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 1737
The record
- Term
- 1949
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 7-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 17
- U.S. Reports
- 338 U.S. 263
- S. Ct. citation
- 70 S. Ct. 26
- LEXIS citation
- 1949 U.S. LEXIS 1737
How the bench divided
MMMMMCC??
M 5 majorityC 2 concurring? 2 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Special concurrence |
| Felix Frankfurter | Special concurrence |
| Sherman Minton | Unknown |
| William O. Douglas | Unknown |
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