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1950 term · Vinson Court · 6-3

Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison et al.

340 U.S. 349 · 71 S. Ct. 295 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2251

The record

Term
1950
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
258
U.S. Reports
340 U.S. 349
S. Ct. citation
71 S. Ct. 295
LEXIS citation
1951 U.S. LEXIS 2251

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison et al.
JusticeVote
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Sherman MintonDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
Hugo BlackDissent

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