1953 term · Warren Court · 5-4
Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. Virginia
347 U.S. 359 · 74 S. Ct. 558 · 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2278
The record
- Term
- 1953
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 163
- U.S. Reports
- 347 U.S. 359
- S. Ct. citation
- 74 S. Ct. 558
- LEXIS citation
- 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2278
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Earl Warren | Dissent |
| Tom C. Clark | Dissent |
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