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1949 term · Vinson Court · 5-1

American Communications Assn., C. I. O., et al. v. Douds, Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board

339 U.S. 382 · 70 S. Ct. 674 · 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2530

The record

Term
1949
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
10
U.S. Reports
339 U.S. 382
S. Ct. citation
70 S. Ct. 674
LEXIS citation
1950 U.S. LEXIS 2530

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 1 dissenting? 3 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in American Communications Assn., C. I. O., et al. v. Douds, Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Felix FrankfurterRegular concurrence
Robert H. JacksonSpecial concurrence
Hugo BlackDissent
Sherman MintonUnknown
Tom C. ClarkUnknown
William O. DouglasUnknown

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