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1951 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Thompson, Trustee, Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. United States et al.

343 U.S. 549 · 72 S. Ct. 978 · 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2656

The record

Term
1951
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
513
U.S. Reports
343 U.S. 549
S. Ct. citation
72 S. Ct. 978
LEXIS citation
1952 U.S. LEXIS 2656

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Thompson, Trustee, Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. United States et al.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority

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