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1952 term · Vinson Court · 5-3

ESSO Standard Oil Co. v. Evans, Commissioner of Finance and Taxation, et al.

345 U.S. 495 · 73 S. Ct. 800 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2538

The record

Term
1952
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
330
U.S. Reports
345 U.S. 495
S. Ct. citation
73 S. Ct. 800
LEXIS citation
1953 U.S. LEXIS 2538

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in ESSO Standard Oil Co. v. Evans, Commissioner of Finance and Taxation, et al.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Robert H. JacksonDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Fred M. VinsonDissent
Felix FrankfurterUnknown

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