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1950 term · Vinson Court · 6-3

Schwegmann Brothers et al. v. Calvert Distillers Corp.

341 U.S. 384 · 71 S. Ct. 745 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2491

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
442
U.S. Reports
341 U.S. 384
S. Ct. citation
71 S. Ct. 745
LEXIS citation
1951 U.S. LEXIS 2491

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Schwegmann Brothers et al. v. Calvert Distillers Corp.
JusticeVote
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Harold BurtonDissent

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