June 24, 1946 – September 8, 1953 (7 years, 76 days)
Seat
Supreme Court Building Washington, D.C.
No. of positions
9
Vinson Court decisions
The Vinson Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States from 1946 to 1953, when Fred M. Vinson served as Chief Justice of the United States. Vinson succeeded Harlan F. Stone as Chief Justice after the latter's death, and Vinson served as Chief Justice until his death, at which point Earl Warren was nominated and confirmed to succeed Vinson.
The court presided over the country during the start of the Cold War and the Korean War. The court's decisions reflected the continuing ideological battle between the judicial restraint of Justice Felix Frankfurter and the civil rights activism of Justices William O. Douglas and Hugo Black. Frankfurter's more conservative views prevailed during Vinson's tenure, but many of the dissents written during the Vinson Court would lay the groundwork for the major rulings during the succeeding Warren Court.
The VinsonCourt refers to the Supreme Court of the United States from 1946 to 1953, when Fred M. Vinson served as Chief Justice of the United States....
Carl Vinson (November 18, 1883 – June 1, 1981) was an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for over 50 years and was influential...
replace Fred Vinson as Chief Justice of the United States. The court began with Warren and the final eight members of the VinsonCourt: Hugo Black, Stanley...
decided by the United States Supreme Court during the VinsonCourt, the tenure of Chief Justice Frederick Moore Vinson from June 24, 1946 through September...
The VinsonCourt era, under the leadership of Fred M. Vinson, lasted from June 24, 1946 to September 8, 1953: 11 justices served during this court. Seniority...
(Adkins v. Children's Hospital). During the Hughes, Stone, and Vinsoncourts (1930–1953), the court gained its own accommodation in 1935 and changed its interpretation...
of the court'; pl. amici curiae) is an individual or organization that is not a party to a legal case, but that is permitted to assist a court by offering...
Rehnquist's death. It is widely considered to be the most conservative court since the VinsonCourt (1946–1953). This is due to the retirement of the relatively...
The demographics of the Supreme Court of the United States encompass the gender, ethnicity, and religious, geographic, and economic backgrounds of the...
Roberts and his replacement Harold Hitz Burton. After Stone died, Fred M. Vinson was appointed Chief Justice by Harry S. Truman. In 1953, President Dwight...
1941, and served as Chief Justice until his death, at which point Fred Vinson was nominated and confirmed as Stone's replacement. He was the fourth chief...
upheld in 1896 in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, in which the Supreme Court laid out its "separate but equal" legal doctrine concerning facilities for...
Michal, The VinsonCourt: Justices, Rulings, and Legacy, ABC-CLIO, 2004, p 109, ISBN 9781576072011. Kemper, p 655. Belknap (1994), p 223. Vinson quoted by...
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