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1950 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

United States v. Security Trust & Savings Bank, Executor, et al.

340 U.S. 47 · 71 S. Ct. 111 · 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2501

The record

Term
1950
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
10
U.S. Reports
340 U.S. 47
S. Ct. citation
71 S. Ct. 111
LEXIS citation
1950 U.S. LEXIS 2501

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in United States v. Security Trust & Savings Bank, Executor, et al.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Robert H. JacksonSpecial concurrence

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