1952 term · Vinson Court · 5-4
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. v. O'Rourke
344 U.S. 334 · 73 S. Ct. 302 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2556
The record
- Term
- 1952
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 60
- U.S. Reports
- 344 U.S. 334
- S. Ct. citation
- 73 S. Ct. 302
- LEXIS citation
- 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2556
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Sherman Minton | Dissent |
| Tom C. Clark | Dissent |
| Hugo Black | Dissent |
| Fred M. Vinson | Dissent |
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