1949 term · Vinson Court · 5-3
United States et al. v. Capital Transit Company et al.
338 U.S. 286 · 70 S. Ct. 115 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2964
The record
- Term
- 1949
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 40
- U.S. Reports
- 338 U.S. 286
- S. Ct. citation
- 70 S. Ct. 115
- LEXIS citation
- 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2964
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDD?
M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| Fred M. Vinson | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Unknown |
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