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1950 term · Vinson Court · 5-3

Standard Oil Co. v. Federal Trade Commission

340 U.S. 231 · 71 S. Ct. 240 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2376

The record

Term
1950
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
1
U.S. Reports
340 U.S. 231
S. Ct. citation
71 S. Ct. 240
LEXIS citation
1951 U.S. LEXIS 2376

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Standard Oil Co. v. Federal Trade Commission.
JusticeVote
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Fred M. VinsonDissent
Sherman MintonUnknown

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