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1950 term · Vinson Court · 6-3

O'Leary, Deputy Commissioner, Fourteenth Compensation District, v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc. et al.

340 U.S. 504 · 71 S. Ct. 470 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2356

The record

Term
1950
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
267
U.S. Reports
340 U.S. 504
S. Ct. citation
71 S. Ct. 470
LEXIS citation
1951 U.S. LEXIS 2356

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in O'Leary, Deputy Commissioner, Fourteenth Compensation District, v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc. et al.
JusticeVote
Tom C. ClarkMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Sherman MintonDissent
Harold BurtonDissent
Robert H. JacksonDissent

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