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)

MajorityJun 19, 1953 · October Term 1952
Rosenberg et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 19, 1953 · October Term 1952
Rosenberg et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 19, 1953 · October Term 1952
Rosenberg et al. v. United States.
MajorityJun 15, 1953 · October Term 1952
Burns et al. v. Wilson, Secretary of Defense, et al.
MajorityJun 15, 1953 · October Term 1952
Stein v. New York
DissentJun 15, 1953 · October Term 1952
Bridges et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 15, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Grainger
DissentJun 15, 1953 · October Term 1952
Barrows et al. v. Jackson
MajorityJun 15, 1953 · October Term 1952
Shelton v. United States
MajorityJun 15, 1953 · October Term 1952
Rosenberg et al. v. Denno, Warden
MajorityJun 8, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Nugent
MajorityJun 8, 1953 · October Term 1952
Dalehite et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 8, 1953 · October Term 1952
Automatic Canteen Company of America v. Federal Trade Commission
MajorityJun 8, 1953 · October Term 1952
Federal Communications Commission v. Rca Communications, Inc.
MajorityJun 8, 1953 · October Term 1952
District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co., Inc.
DissentJun 8, 1953 · October Term 1952
Securities & Exchange Commission v. Ralston Purina Co.
MajorityJun 8, 1953 · October Term 1952
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. v. Nothnagle et al.
DissentJun 1, 1953 · October Term 1952
Central Bank v. United States
MajorityJun 1, 1953 · October Term 1952
Levinson et al. v. Deupree, Ancillary Administrator
MajorityJun 1, 1953 · October Term 1952
Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. v. Koppal
MajorityJun 1, 1953 · October Term 1952
Polizzi v. Cowles Magazines, Inc.
MajorityMay 25, 1953 · October Term 1952
Avery v. Georgia
Did not participateMay 25, 1953 · October Term 1952
Tinder v. United States
MajorityMay 25, 1953 · October Term 1952
Lauritzen v. Larsen
MajorityMay 25, 1953 · October Term 1952
Times-Picayune Publishing Co. et al. v. United States
MajorityMay 25, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. W. T. Grant Co. et al.
MajorityMay 18, 1953 · October Term 1952
Wells, Administratrix, v. Simonds Abrasive Co.
MajorityMay 18, 1953 · October Term 1952
May v. Anderson
MajorityMay 18, 1953 · October Term 1952
Watson et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
ConcurrenceMay 4, 1953 · October Term 1952
Terry et al. v. Adams et al.
DissentMay 4, 1953 · October Term 1952
Esso Standard Oil Co. v. Evans, Commissioner of Finance and Taxation, et al.
MajorityMay 4, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. International Building Co.
MajorityMay 4, 1953 · October Term 1952
Callanan Road Improvement Co. v. United States et al.
MajorityApr 27, 1953 · October Term 1952
Pope et al. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
MajorityApr 27, 1953 · October Term 1952
Poulos v. New Hampshire
DissentApr 27, 1953 · October Term 1952
Calmar Steamship Corp. v. Scott et al.
MajorityApr 27, 1953 · October Term 1952
Calmar Steamship Corp. v. United States
MajorityApr 27, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Carroll
MajorityApr 13, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Jones
MajorityApr 6, 1953 · October Term 1952
United States v. Gilbert Associates, Inc.
Did not participateOct 27, 1952 · October Term 1952
Gulf Research & Development Co. et al. v. Leahy, U.S. District Judge, et al.
Did not participateOct 27, 1952 · October Term 1952
Cardox Corp. v. C-O-Two Fire Equipment Co.