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1952 term · Vinson Court · 7-1

Lauritzen v. Larsen

345 U.S. 571 · 73 S. Ct. 921 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2533

The record

Term
1952
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
226
U.S. Reports
345 U.S. 571
S. Ct. citation
73 S. Ct. 921
LEXIS citation
1953 U.S. LEXIS 2533

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Lauritzen v. Larsen.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
Tom C. ClarkUnknown

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