Justice · 1946–1952

Fred M. Vinson

Served the 1946 through 1952 terms, taking part in 812 orally argued decisions and voting with the majority 83.6% of the time.

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1946–1952Terms

812Cases

83.6%With majority

87Dissenting votes

Majority 83.6%

Dissent 10.7%

Concurrence 0.6%

The last 25 decisions in which Fred M. Vinson cast a recorded vote, newest first.

Recent cases and Fred M. Vinson's vote in each.
Case	Term	Vote split	This justice
Rosenberg et al. v. United States.	1952	8-1	Majority
Rosenberg et al. v. United States	1952	8-1	Majority
Rosenberg et al. v. United States	1952	6-3	Majority
Rosenberg et al. v. Denno, Warden	1952	7-2	Majority
Shelton v. United States	1952	9-0	Majority
Barrows et al. v. Jackson	1952	6-1	Dissent
United States v. Grainger	1952	5-3	Majority
Bridges et al. v. United States	1952	4-3	Dissent
Stein v. New York	1952	6-3	Majority
Burns et al. v. Wilson, Secretary of Defense, et al.	1952	6-3	Judgment of the Court
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. v. Nothnagle et al.	1952	8-0	Majority
Securities & Exchange Commission v. Ralston Purina Co.	1952	6-2	Dissent
District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co., Inc.	1952	8-0	Majority
Federal Communications Commission v. RCA Communications, Inc.	1952	6-1	Majority
Automatic Canteen Company of America v. Federal Trade Commission	1952	6-3	Majority
Dalehite et al. v. United States	1952	4-3	Majority
United States v. Nugent	1952	5-3	Majority
Polizzi v. Cowles Magazines, Inc.	1952	7-0	Majority
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. v. Koppal	1952	7-1	Majority
Levinson et al. v. Deupree, Ancillary Administrator	1952	9-0	Majority
Central Bank v. United States	1952	4-3	Dissent
United States v. W. T. Grant Co. et al.	1952	7-2	Majority
Times-Picayune Publishing Co. et al. v. United States	1952	5-4	Majority
Lauritzen v. Larsen	1952	7-1	Majority
Avery v. Georgia	1952	8-0	Majority