1951 term · Vinson Court · 5-4
United States v. Shannon et al.
342 U.S. 288 · 72 S. Ct. 281 · 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2537
The record
- Term
- 1951
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 47
- U.S. Reports
- 342 U.S. 288
- S. Ct. citation
- 72 S. Ct. 281
- LEXIS citation
- 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2537
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
| Felix Frankfurter | Jurisdictional dissent |
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