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1952 term · Vinson Court · 4-3

Central Bank v. United States

345 U.S. 639 · 73 S. Ct. 917 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2537

The record

Term
1952
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
4-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
521
U.S. Reports
345 U.S. 639
S. Ct. citation
73 S. Ct. 917
LEXIS citation
1953 U.S. LEXIS 2537

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityD 3 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Central Bank v. United States.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Tom C. ClarkDissent
Harold BurtonDissent
Fred M. VinsonDissent
Robert H. JacksonUnknown
Hugo BlackUnknown

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