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1952 term · Vinson Court · 8-1

City of Chicago v. Willett Company

344 U.S. 574 · 73 S. Ct. 460 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2393

The record

Term
1952
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
23
U.S. Reports
344 U.S. 574
S. Ct. citation
73 S. Ct. 460
LEXIS citation
1953 U.S. LEXIS 2393

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 2 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in City of Chicago v. Willett Company.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Stanley ReedSpecial concurrence
Fred M. VinsonSpecial concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent

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