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1952 term · Vinson Court · 5-4

Times-Picayune Publishing Co. et al. v. United States

345 U.S. 594 · 73 S. Ct. 872 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2716

The record

Term
1952
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
374
U.S. Reports
345 U.S. 594
S. Ct. citation
73 S. Ct. 872
LEXIS citation
1953 U.S. LEXIS 2716

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Times-Picayune Publishing Co. et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Sherman MintonDissent
Harold BurtonDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
Hugo BlackDissent

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