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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)

MajorityMar 29, 1948 · October Term 1947
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. South Texas Lumber Co.
MajorityMar 29, 1948 · October Term 1947
Winters v. New York
Did not participateMar 15, 1948 · October Term 1947
Eccles et al. v. Peoples Bank of Lakewood Village, California
MajorityMar 15, 1948 · October Term 1947
Bakery Sales Drivers Local Union No. 33 et al. v. Wagshal, Trading As Wagshal's Delicatessen
MajorityMar 15, 1948 · October Term 1947
Francis et al. v. Southern Pacific Co.
MajorityMar 15, 1948 · October Term 1947
Woods, Housing Expediter, v. Stone
MajorityMar 15, 1948 · October Term 1947
United States v. Evans
MajorityMar 8, 1948 · October Term 1947
King v. Order of United Commercial Travelers of America
MajorityMar 8, 1948 · October Term 1947
Suttle, Administratrix, v. Reich Bros. Construction Co. et al.
MajorityMar 8, 1948 · October Term 1947
United States et al. v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. et al.
MajorityMar 8, 1948 · October Term 1947
Donaldson, Postmaster General, v. Read Magazine, Inc. et al.
MajorityMar 8, 1948 · October Term 1947
Cole et al. v. Arkansas
MajorityMar 8, 1948 · October Term 1947
Illinois Ex Rel. McCollum v. Board of Education of School District No. 71, Champaign County, Illinois, et al.
MajorityMar 8, 1948 · October Term 1947
In Re Oliver
DissentMar 8, 1948 · October Term 1947
United States v. Line Material Co. et al.
MajorityMar 8, 1948 · October Term 1947
United States v. United States Gypsum Co. et al.
MajorityMar 8, 1948 · October Term 1947
Mitchell et Al., Members of the Civil Service Commission, v. Cohen
MajorityMar 8, 1948 · October Term 1947
Mogall v. United States
MajorityFeb 16, 1948 · October Term 1947
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co. v. Daniel, Attorney General, et al.
MajorityFeb 16, 1948 · October Term 1947
Funk Brothers Seed Co. v. Kalo Inoculant Co.
MajorityFeb 16, 1948 · October Term 1947
Woods, Housing Expediter, v. Cloyd W. Miller Co. et al.
MajorityFeb 16, 1948 · October Term 1947
Fisher v. Hurst, Chief Justice, et al.
MajorityFeb 9, 1948 · October Term 1947
Johnson v. United States
MajorityFeb 9, 1948 · October Term 1947
Maggio v. Zeitz, Trustee in Bankruptcy
MajorityFeb 9, 1948 · October Term 1947
Musser et al. v. Utah
MajorityFeb 9, 1948 · October Term 1947
Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Waterman Steamship Corp.
MajorityFeb 2, 1948 · October Term 1947
Le Maistre v. Leffers et al.
MajorityFeb 2, 1948 · October Term 1947
Fong Haw Tan v. Phelan, Acting District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service
DissentFeb 2, 1948 · October Term 1947
Johnson v. United States
MajorityFeb 2, 1948 · October Term 1947
United States v. Brown
DissentFeb 2, 1948 · October Term 1947
Bob-Lo Excursion Co. v. Michigan
MajorityJan 19, 1948 · October Term 1947
Oyama et al. v. California
MajorityJan 19, 1948 · October Term 1947
United States v. Sullivan, Trading As Sullivan's Pharmacy
DissentJan 19, 1948 · October Term 1947
Von Moltke v. Gillies, Superintendent of the Detroit House of Correction
MajorityJan 19, 1948 · October Term 1947
Lee v. Mississippi
DissentJan 12, 1948 · October Term 1947
Haley v. Ohio
MajorityJan 12, 1948 · October Term 1947
Callen v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
MajorityJan 12, 1948 · October Term 1947
Sipuel v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma et al.
MajorityJan 5, 1948 · October Term 1947
Globe Liquor Co., Inc. v. San Roman et Al., Doing Business As International Industries
MajorityJan 5, 1948 · October Term 1947
Sealfon v. United States
DissentJan 5, 1948 · October Term 1947
United States v. Di Re
MajorityDec 22, 1947 · October Term 1947
Jones, Collector of Internal Revenue, v. Liberty Glass Co.
MajorityDec 22, 1947 · October Term 1947
Kavanagh, Collector of Internal Revenue, v. Noble
MajorityDec 22, 1947 · October Term 1947
Blumenthal v. United States
MajorityDec 22, 1947 · October Term 1947
Marino v. Ragen, Warden
MajorityDec 15, 1947 · October Term 1947
Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. Public Service Commission of Indiana et al.
Did not participateDec 8, 1947 · October Term 1947
Silesian-American Corp. et al. v. Clark, Attorney General, As Successor To the Alien Property Custodian
Did not participateDec 8, 1947 · October Term 1947
Clark, Attorney General, As Successor To the Alien Property Custodian, v. Uebersee Finanz-Korporation, A. G.
DissentDec 8, 1947 · October Term 1947
Williams et al. v. Fanning, Postmaster of Los Angeles
MajorityDec 8, 1947 · October Term 1947
Aero Mayflower Transit Co. v. Board of Railroad Commissioners of Montana et al.