1949 term · Vinson Court · 5-3
Affolder v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Co.
339 U.S. 96 · 70 S. Ct. 509 · 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2241
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
- Docket
- 200
- U.S. Reports
- 339 U.S. 96
- S. Ct. citation
- 70 S. Ct. 509
- LEXIS citation
- 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2241
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDD?
M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| Felix Frankfurter | Jurisdictional dissent |
| Robert H. Jackson | Jurisdictional dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Unknown |
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