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1950 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp.

340 U.S. 147 · 71 S. Ct. 127 · 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2604

The record

Term
1950
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
32
U.S. Reports
340 U.S. 147
S. Ct. citation
71 S. Ct. 127
LEXIS citation
1950 U.S. LEXIS 2604

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 2 concurring

How each justice voted in Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. Supermarket Equipment Corp.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence
Hugo BlackSpecial concurrence

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