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1949 term · Vinson Court · 6-2

Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co. v. National Labor Relations Board et al.

338 U.S. 355 · 70 S. Ct. 166 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2920

The record

Term
1949
Decided
Issue area
Unions
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
47
U.S. Reports
338 U.S. 355
S. Ct. citation
70 S. Ct. 166
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 2920

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co. v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Harold BurtonDissent
Stanley ReedDissent
William O. DouglasUnknown

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