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1951 term · Vinson Court · 8-0

Besser Manufacturing Co. et al. v. United States

343 U.S. 444 · 72 S. Ct. 838 · 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2810

The record

Term
1951
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
230
U.S. Reports
343 U.S. 444
S. Ct. citation
72 S. Ct. 838
LEXIS citation
1952 U.S. LEXIS 2810

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

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

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