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1950 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Feres, Executrix, v. United States

340 U.S. 135 · 71 S. Ct. 153 · 1950 U.S. LEXIS 1352

The record

Term
1950
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
9
U.S. Reports
340 U.S. 135
S. Ct. citation
71 S. Ct. 153
LEXIS citation
1950 U.S. LEXIS 1352

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Feres, Executrix, v. United States.
JusticeVote
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence

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