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1952 term · Vinson Court · 6-3

Stone v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Co.

344 U.S. 407 · 73 S. Ct. 358 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2424

The record

Term
1952
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
320
U.S. Reports
344 U.S. 407
S. Ct. citation
73 S. Ct. 358
LEXIS citation
1953 U.S. LEXIS 2424

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Stone v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Co.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Robert H. JacksonDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Stanley ReedDissent

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