1949 term · Vinson Court · 6-2
Carter v. Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railway Co.
338 U.S. 430 · 70 S. Ct. 226 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 1555
The record
- Term
- 1949
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 6-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 23
- U.S. Reports
- 338 U.S. 430
- S. Ct. citation
- 70 S. Ct. 226
- LEXIS citation
- 1949 U.S. LEXIS 1555
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDD?
M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| Felix Frankfurter | Jurisdictional dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Unknown |
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