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1951 term · Vinson Court · 7-0

Lorain Journal Co. et al. v. United States

342 U.S. 143 · 72 S. Ct. 181 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2488

The record

Term
1951
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
26
U.S. Reports
342 U.S. 143
S. Ct. citation
72 S. Ct. 181
LEXIS citation
1951 U.S. LEXIS 2488

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Lorain Journal Co. et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Sherman MintonUnknown
Tom C. ClarkUnknown

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