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1951 term · Vinson Court · 8-0

Gardner v. Panama Railroad Co.

342 U.S. 29 · 72 S. Ct. 12 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 1369

The record

Term
1951
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
22
U.S. Reports
342 U.S. 29
S. Ct. citation
72 S. Ct. 12
LEXIS citation
1951 U.S. LEXIS 1369

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Gardner v. Panama Railroad Co.
JusticeVote
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Sherman MintonUnknown

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