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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

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Western Maryland Railway Co. v. Rogan et al., Constituting the State Tax Commission of Maryland.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
Felix FrankfurterJurisdictional dissent
Robert H. JacksonJurisdictional dissent
Fred M. VinsonUnknown

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