Justice Fred M. Vinson

Voting and opinion record for Fred M. Vinson in the Supreme Court Database, covering the 1946 through 1952 Terms (data begins with the 1946 Term).

Served as Chief Justice during the period SCDB labels the Vinson Court.

Court eras served in this data: Vinson Court.

Majority opinions by issue area

“Same side” means both Justices were in the majority, or both in dissent, in decisions where both voted; pairs with fewer than 50 shared decisions are left out.

Majority opinions written (77)

• Rosenberg v. United States
  346 U.S. 273Decided June 19, 19536–3Fred M. Vinson
• Burns v. Wilson
  346 U.S. 137Decided June 15, 19536–3Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Nugent
  346 U.S. 1Decided June 8, 19535–3Fred M. Vinson
• Avery v. Georgia
  345 U.S. 559Decided May 25, 19538–0Fred M. Vinson
• Wells v. Simonds Abrasive Co.
  345 U.S. 514Decided May 18, 19535–3Fred M. Vinson
• Pope v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
  345 U.S. 379Decided April 27, 19538–1Fred M. Vinson
• Western Pacific Railroad Corp. v. Western Pacific Railroad Co.
  345 U.S. 247Decided April 6, 19538–1Fred M. Vinson
• Healy v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  345 U.S. 278Decided April 6, 19538–1Fred M. Vinson
• In re Disbarment of Isserman
  345 U.S. 286Decided April 6, 19534–4Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Reynolds
  345 U.S. 1Decided March 9, 19536–3Fred M. Vinson
• Federal Trade Commission v. Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co.
  344 U.S. 206Decided December 22, 19527–2Fred M. Vinson
• Dixon v. Duffy
  344 U.S. 143Decided December 8, 19528–1Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Caltex (Philippines), Inc.
  344 U.S. 149Decided December 8, 19527–2Fred M. Vinson
• Thompson v. United States
  343 U.S. 549Decided June 2, 19529–0Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Great Northern Railway Co.
  343 U.S. 562Decided June 2, 19529–0Fred M. Vinson
• National Labor Relations Board v. American National Insurance Co.
  343 U.S. 395Decided May 26, 19526–3Fred M. Vinson
• Bruner v. United States
  343 U.S. 112Decided March 24, 19527–2Fred M. Vinson
• Memphis Steam Laundry Cleaner, Inc. v. StoneLaw held unconstitutional
  342 U.S. 389Decided March 3, 19528–1Fred M. Vinson
• Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Redwine
  342 U.S. 299Decided January 28, 19529–0Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Hayman
  342 U.S. 205Decided January 7, 19528–0Fred M. Vinson
• Jennings v. Illinois
  342 U.S. 104Decided December 3, 19517–2Fred M. Vinson
• Stack v. Boyle
  342 U.S. 1Decided November 5, 19516–2Fred M. Vinson
• Dennis v. United States
  341 U.S. 494Decided June 4, 19516–2Fred M. Vinson
• Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Railway Co.
  341 U.S. 341Decided May 21, 19519–0Fred M. Vinson
• Alabama Public Service Commission v. Southern Railway Co.
  341 U.S. 363Decided May 21, 19519–0Fred M. Vinson
• Jordan v. de George
  341 U.S. 223Decided May 7, 19516–3Fred M. Vinson
• Rogers v. United States
  340 U.S. 367Decided February 26, 19515–3Fred M. Vinson
• Amalgamated Association of Street v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
  340 U.S. 383Decided February 26, 19516–3Fred M. Vinson
• St. John v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
  340 U.S. 411Decided February 26, 19516–3Fred M. Vinson
• Amalgamated Association of Street v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
  340 U.S. 416Decided February 26, 19519–0Fred M. Vinson
• Niemotko v. Maryland
  340 U.S. 268Decided January 15, 19519–0Fred M. Vinson
• Kunz v. New YorkLaw held unconstitutional
  340 U.S. 290Decided January 15, 19518–1Fred M. Vinson
• Feiner v. New York
  340 U.S. 315Decided January 15, 19516–3Fred M. Vinson
• Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Korell
  339 U.S. 619Decided June 5, 19506–1Fred M. Vinson
• Sweatt v. PainterLaw held unconstitutional
  339 U.S. 629Decided June 5, 19509–0Fred M. Vinson
• McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher EducationLaw held unconstitutional
  339 U.S. 637Decided June 5, 19509–0Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Bryan
  339 U.S. 323Decided May 8, 19505–2Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Fleischman
  339 U.S. 349Decided May 8, 19505–2Fred M. Vinson
• American Communications Assn., C. I. O. v. Douds
  339 U.S. 382Decided May 8, 19505–1Fred M. Vinson
• International Union of United Automobile, Etc. Workers of America, C. I. O. v. O'Brien
  339 U.S. 454Decided May 8, 19509–0Fred M. Vinson
• Manning v. Seeley Tube & Box Co.
  338 U.S. 561Decided February 6, 19508–0Fred M. Vinson
• Reo Motors, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  338 U.S. 442Decided January 9, 19508–0Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  338 U.S. 366Decided December 12, 19497–1Fred M. Vinson
• Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.
  337 U.S. 682Decided June 27, 19496–3Fred M. Vinson
• Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Culbertson et Ux.
  337 U.S. 733Decided June 27, 19498–1Fred M. Vinson
• Farmers Reservoir & Irrigation Co. v. McComb
  337 U.S. 755Decided June 27, 19498–1Fred M. Vinson
• Young v. Ragen
  337 U.S. 235Decided June 6, 19499–0Fred M. Vinson
• Ex Parte Collett
  337 U.S. 55Decided May 31, 19497–2Fred M. Vinson
• Kilpatrick v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
  337 U.S. 75Decided May 31, 19497–2Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. National City Lines, Inc.
  337 U.S. 78Decided May 31, 19497–2Fred M. Vinson
• Chicago v. Acme Fast Freight, Inc.
  336 U.S. 465Decided April 4, 19496–3Fred M. Vinson
• National Carbide Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  336 U.S. 422Decided March 28, 19499–0Fred M. Vinson
• Callaway v. Benton
  336 U.S. 132Decided February 7, 19497–2Fred M. Vinson
• Shapiro v. United States
  335 U.S. 1Decided June 21, 19485–4Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Hoffman
  335 U.S. 77Decided June 21, 19485–4Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Zazove
  334 U.S. 602Decided June 14, 19489–0Fred M. Vinson
• Sherrer v. SherrerAltered precedent
  334 U.S. 343Decided June 7, 19487–2Fred M. Vinson
• Coe v. Coe
  334 U.S. 378Decided June 7, 19487–2Fred M. Vinson
• Toomer v. WitsellLaw held unconstitutional
  334 U.S. 385Decided June 7, 19489–0Fred M. Vinson
• Woods v. Hills
  334 U.S. 210Decided May 10, 19489–0Fred M. Vinson
• Shelley et Ux. v. Kraemer et Ux.
  334 U.S. 1Decided May 3, 19486–0Fred M. Vinson
• Hurd et Ux. v. Hodge
  334 U.S. 24Decided May 3, 19486–0Fred M. Vinson
• King v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America
  333 U.S. 153Decided March 8, 19489–0Fred M. Vinson
• Suttle v. Reich Bros. Construction Co.
  333 U.S. 163Decided March 8, 19489–0Fred M. Vinson
• Oyama v. CaliforniaLaw held unconstitutional
  332 U.S. 633Decided January 19, 19486–3Fred M. Vinson
• Williams v. Austrian
  331 U.S. 642Decided June 16, 19477–2Fred M. Vinson
• Interstate Natural Gas Co., Inc. v. Federal Power Commission
  331 U.S. 682Decided June 16, 19479–0Fred M. Vinson
• McWilliams v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  331 U.S. 694Decided June 16, 19478–0Fred M. Vinson
• Harris v. United States
  331 U.S. 145Decided May 5, 19475–4Fred M. Vinson
• 149 Madison Avenue Corp. v. Asselta
  331 U.S. 199Decided May 5, 19479–0Fred M. Vinson
• Crane v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  331 U.S. 1Decided April 14, 19476–3Fred M. Vinson
• Walling v. Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co.
  331 U.S. 17Decided April 14, 19477–2Fred M. Vinson
• Walling v. General Industries Co.
  330 U.S. 545Decided March 31, 19476–3Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. United Mine Workers of America
  330 U.S. 258Decided March 6, 19475–4Fred M. Vinson
• Alma Motor Co. v. Timken-Detroit Axle Co.
  329 U.S. 129Decided December 9, 19469–0Fred M. Vinson
• Unemployment Compensation Commission of Alaska v. Aragon
  329 U.S. 143Decided December 9, 19469–0Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Alcea Band of Tillamooks
  329 U.S. 40Decided November 25, 19465–3Fred M. Vinson

Dissents in argued cases (most recent 30 of 87)

• Bridges v. United States
  346 U.S. 209Decided June 15, 19534–3Harold H. Burton
• Barrows v. Jackson
  346 U.S. 249Decided June 15, 19536–1Sherman Minton
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Ralston Purina Co.
  346 U.S. 119Decided June 8, 19536–2Tom C. Clark
• Central Bank v. United States
  345 U.S. 639Decided June 1, 19534–3Stanley F. Reed
• Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Evans
  345 U.S. 495Decided May 4, 19535–3Stanley F. Reed
• Calmar Steamship Corp. v. Scott
  345 U.S. 427Decided April 27, 19536–3Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Certain Parcels of Land in the County of Fairfax
  345 U.S. 344Decided April 6, 19536–2Tom C. Clark
• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. United States
  345 U.S. 146Decided March 16, 19536–2Hugo L. Black
• United States ex Rel. Chapman v. Federal Power Commission
  345 U.S. 153Decided March 16, 19536–3Felix Frankfurter
• American Newspaper Publishers Association v. National Labor Relations Board
  345 U.S. 100Decided March 9, 19536–3Harold H. Burton
• National Labor Relations Board v. Gamble Enterprises, Inc.
  345 U.S. 117Decided March 9, 19536–3Harold H. Burton
• Brock v. North Carolina
  344 U.S. 424Decided February 2, 19536–2Sherman Minton
• Pennsylvania Railroad Co. v. O'Rourke
  344 U.S. 334Decided January 12, 19535–4Stanley F. Reed
• King v. United States
  344 U.S. 254Decided December 22, 19526–3Harold H. Burton
• Lloyd A. Fry Roofing Co. v. Wood
  344 U.S. 157Decided December 8, 19525–4Hugo L. Black
• Mandoli v. Acheson
  344 U.S. 133Decided November 24, 19525–4Robert H. Jackson
• United States v. Henning
  344 U.S. 66Decided November 17, 19525–4Tom C. Clark
• Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Howard
  343 U.S. 768Decided June 9, 19526–3Hugo L. Black
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
  343 U.S. 579Decided June 2, 19526–3Hugo L. Black
• Kawakita v. United States
  343 U.S. 717Decided June 2, 19524–3William O. Douglas
• Johansen v. United States
  343 U.S. 427Decided May 26, 19525–4Stanley F. Reed
• Kaufman v. Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles et Commerciales, S. A.
  343 U.S. 156Decided April 7, 19525–3Hugo L. Black
• Mullaney v. AndersonLaw held unconstitutional
  342 U.S. 415Decided March 3, 19526–3Felix Frankfurter
• Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co.
  342 U.S. 437Decided March 3, 19527–2Harold H. Burton
• Guessefeldt v. McGrath
  342 U.S. 308Decided January 28, 19525–3Felix Frankfurter
• Kerotest Manufacturing Co. v. C-O-Two Fire Equipment Co.
  342 U.S. 180Decided January 2, 19527–2Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Kelly
  342 U.S. 193Decided January 2, 19526–3Sherman Minton
• Palmer v. Ashe
  342 U.S. 134Decided December 11, 19515–4Hugo L. Black
• United States v. Jeffers
  342 U.S. 48Decided November 13, 19516–2Tom C. Clark
• Breard v. Alexandria
  341 U.S. 622Decided June 4, 19516–3Stanley F. Reed

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