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Fred M. Vinson

Seat:: Chief Justice
Appointed by:: Harry S. Truman
Senate confirmation:: Jun 20, 1946
Recorded service:: Nov 18, 1946 – Jun 19, 1953
Lived:: Jan 22, 1890 – Sep 8, 1953

In plain language

Fred M. Vinson, chief justice.
Appointed by Harry S. Truman; confirmed June 20, 1946.
Court service November 18, 1946 to June 19, 1953.

Decisions on record (792)

MajorityApr 28, 1952 · October Term 1951
Beauharnais v. Illinois
MajorityApr 21, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co. et al.
MajorityApr 15, 1952 · October Term 1951
Ray, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee of Alabama, v. Blair
DissentApr 7, 1952 · October Term 1951
Kaufman et al. v. Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles et Commerciales, S. A., et al.
MajorityApr 7, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States v. Spector
MajorityApr 7, 1952 · October Term 1951
Stroble v. California
MajorityApr 7, 1952 · October Term 1951
Uebersee Finanz-Korporation, A. G., v. McGrath, Attorney General, Successor To the Alien Property Custodian
MajorityApr 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Ray, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee of Alabama, v. Blair
MajorityMar 31, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States v. Hood et al.
MajorityMar 24, 1952 · October Term 1951
Bruner v. United States
MajorityMar 24, 1952 · October Term 1951
Lykes v. United States
MajorityMar 24, 1952 · October Term 1951
Rutkin v. United States
MajorityMar 10, 1952 · October Term 1951
Frisbie, Warden, v. Collins
MajorityMar 10, 1952 · October Term 1951
Carlson et al. v. Landon, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization Service
MajorityMar 10, 1952 · October Term 1951
Far East Conference et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityMar 10, 1952 · October Term 1951
Harisiades v. Shaughnessy, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization
MajorityMar 10, 1952 · October Term 1951
Sacher et al. v. United States
MajorityMar 10, 1952 · October Term 1951
Lilly et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityMar 10, 1952 · October Term 1951
Buck et al. v. California
MajorityMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Memphis Steam Laundry Cleaner, Inc. v. Stone, Chairman, State Tax Commission
MajorityMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
First National Bank of Chicago, Executor, v. United Air Lines, Inc.
MajorityMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Sutton v. Leib
DissentMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Mullaney, Commissioner of Taxation of the Territory of Alaska, v. Anderson et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Day-Brite Lighting, Inc. v. Missouri
MajorityMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Doremus et al. v. Board of Education of the Borough of Hawthorne et al.
DissentMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co. et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture, v. Stark et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Adler et al. v. Board of Education of the City of New York
MajorityMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Blackmar v. Guerre, Regional Manager, Veterans' Administration, et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1952 · October Term 1951
Gray et al. v. Board of Trustees of the University of Tennessee et al.
MajorityFeb 4, 1952 · October Term 1951
Hughes v. United States
MajorityFeb 4, 1952 · October Term 1951
Dice v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Co.
MajorityFeb 4, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States v. New Wrinkle, Inc. et al.
MajorityFeb 4, 1952 · October Term 1951
Standard Oil Co. v. Peck, Tax Commissioner, et al.
MajorityJan 28, 1952 · October Term 1951
Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Redwine, State Revenue Commissioner
DissentJan 28, 1952 · October Term 1951
Guessefeldt v. McGrath, Attorney General, Successor To the Alien Property Custodian, et al.
MajorityJan 28, 1952 · October Term 1951
Cities Service Co. et al. v. McGrath, Attorney General, Successor To the Alien Property Custodian
MajorityJan 28, 1952 · October Term 1951
Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United States
MajorityJan 28, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States Ex Rel. Jaegeler v. Carusi, Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, et al.
MajorityJan 28, 1952 · October Term 1951
Briggs et al. v. Elliott et al.
MajorityJan 14, 1952 · October Term 1951
Halcyon Lines et al. v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp.
MajorityJan 14, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States v. Shannon et al.
MajorityJan 7, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States v. Hayman
MajorityJan 7, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States v. Smith
MajorityJan 7, 1952 · October Term 1951
Carson, Commissioner of Finance & Taxation, v. Roane-Anderson Company et al.
MajorityJan 7, 1952 · October Term 1951
International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union et al. v. Juneau Spruce Corp.
MajorityJan 7, 1952 · October Term 1951
Morissette v. United States
MajorityJan 7, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States v. Halseth
DissentJan 2, 1952 · October Term 1951
United States v. Kelly et al.
MajorityJan 2, 1952 · October Term 1951
Pillsbury et Al., Deputy Commissioners, v. United Engineering Co. et al.