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1949 term · Vinson Court · 8-0

Chapman, Secretary of the Interior, v. Sheridan-Wyoming Coal Co., Inc.

338 U.S. 621 · 70 S. Ct. 392 · 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2480

The record

Term
1949
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
60
U.S. Reports
338 U.S. 621
S. Ct. citation
70 S. Ct. 392
LEXIS citation
1950 U.S. LEXIS 2480

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Chapman, Secretary of the Interior, v. Sheridan-Wyoming Coal Co., Inc.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
William O. DouglasUnknown

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