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1952 term · Vinson Court · 7-2

Federal Trade Commission v. Motion Picture Advertising Service Co., Inc.

344 U.S. 392 · 73 S. Ct. 361 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2566

The record

Term
1952
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
75
U.S. Reports
344 U.S. 392
S. Ct. citation
73 S. Ct. 361
LEXIS citation
1953 U.S. LEXIS 2566

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Federal Trade Commission v. Motion Picture Advertising Service Co., Inc.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Harold BurtonDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent

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