Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 1950

Elder et al. v. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture

Decided May 7, 1951. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 474 · 341 U.S. 277 (1951)

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

Majority · 8

Tom C. Clark · delivered the opinion of the Court
Felix Frankfurter
Frederick Moore Vinson
Harold Hitz Burton
Robert Houghwout Jackson
Sherman Minton
Stanley Forman Reed
William Orville Douglas

Dissenting · 1

Hugo Lafayette Black

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