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1953 term · Warren Court · 4-3

St. Joe Paper Co. et al. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.

347 U.S. 298 · 74 S. Ct. 574 · 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2627

The record

Term
1953
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
4-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
24
U.S. Reports
347 U.S. 298
S. Ct. citation
74 S. Ct. 574
LEXIS citation
1954 U.S. LEXIS 2627

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityD 3 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in St. Joe Paper Co. et al. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Harold BurtonDissent
Sherman MintonDissent
Hugo BlackUnknown
Tom C. ClarkUnknown

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