Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 1946

Insurance Group Committee et al. v. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. et al.

Decided February 3, 1947. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 690 · 329 U.S. 607 (1947)

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

Majority · 8

Stanley Forman Reed · delivered the opinion of the Court
Frank Murphy
Frederick Moore Vinson
Harold Hitz Burton
Hugo Lafayette Black
Robert Houghwout Jackson
Wiley Blount Rutledge
William Orville Douglas

Dissenting · 1

Felix Frankfurter · filed a dissenting opinion

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