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1949 term · Vinson Court · 8-1

Lyon, Superintendent of Banks, v. Singer

339 U.S. 841 · 70 S. Ct. 903 · 1950 U.S. LEXIS 1817

The record

Term
1949
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
512
U.S. Reports
339 U.S. 841
S. Ct. citation
70 S. Ct. 903
LEXIS citation
1950 U.S. LEXIS 1817

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Lyon, Superintendent of Banks, v. Singer.
JusticeVote
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
Felix FrankfurterJurisdictional dissent

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