Standard-Vacuum Oil Co. v. United States
Decided March 27, 1950. Sherman Minton delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 18 · 339 U.S. 157 (1950)
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How the Justices voted
Decided 8–0.
Majority · 8
- Sherman Minton · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Felix Frankfurter
- Frederick Moore Vinson
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Robert Houghwout Jackson
- Stanley Forman Reed
- Tom C. Clark
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