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1950 term · Vinson Court · 8-1

Cities Service Gas Co. v. Peerless Oil & Gas Co. et al.

340 U.S. 179 · 71 S. Ct. 215 · 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2475

The record

Term
1950
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
153
U.S. Reports
340 U.S. 179
S. Ct. citation
71 S. Ct. 215
LEXIS citation
1950 U.S. LEXIS 2475

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Cities Service Gas Co. v. Peerless Oil & Gas Co. et al.
JusticeVote
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
Hugo BlackJurisdictional dissent

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