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1951 term · Vinson Court · 8-0

United States v. Fortier et al.

342 U.S. 160 · 72 S. Ct. 189 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 1249

The record

Term
1951
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
14
U.S. Reports
342 U.S. 160
S. Ct. citation
72 S. Ct. 189
LEXIS citation
1951 U.S. LEXIS 1249

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Fortier et al.
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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