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1950 term · Vinson Court · 8-1

United States v. Lewis

340 U.S. 590 · 71 S. Ct. 522 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2472

The record

Term
1950
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
347
U.S. Reports
340 U.S. 590
S. Ct. citation
71 S. Ct. 522
LEXIS citation
1951 U.S. LEXIS 2472

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Lewis.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
William O. DouglasDissent

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