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1951 term · Vinson Court · 7-2

First National Bank of Chicago, Executor, v. United Air Lines, Inc.

342 U.S. 396 · 72 S. Ct. 421 · 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2382

The record

Term
1951
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
349
U.S. Reports
342 U.S. 396
S. Ct. citation
72 S. Ct. 421
LEXIS citation
1952 U.S. LEXIS 2382

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 2 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in First National Bank of Chicago, Executor, v. United Air Lines, Inc.
JusticeVote
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Sherman MintonSpecial concurrence
Robert H. JacksonSpecial concurrence
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Stanley ReedDissent

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