1949 term · Vinson Court · 7-1
Order of Railway Conductors of America v. Southern Railway Co.
339 U.S. 255 · 70 S. Ct. 585 · 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2538
The record
- Term
- 1949
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federalism
- Vote split
- 7-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 438
- U.S. Reports
- 339 U.S. 255
- S. Ct. citation
- 70 S. Ct. 585
- LEXIS citation
- 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2538
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMD?
M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Unknown |
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