
1950 term · Vinson Court · 6-2
Western Maryland Railway Co. v. Rogan et al., Constituting the State Tax Commission of Maryland
340 U.S. 520 · 71 S. Ct. 450 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2156
The record
- Term
- 1950
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 6-2
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 205
- U.S. Reports
- 340 U.S. 520
- S. Ct. citation
- 71 S. Ct. 450
- LEXIS citation
- 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2156
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDD?
M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Jurisdictional dissent |
| Robert H. Jackson | Jurisdictional dissent |
| Fred M. Vinson | Unknown |
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