United States Supreme Court cases of the Vinson Court

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United States Supreme Court cases of the Vinson Court are the decisions issued by the U.S. Supreme Court during Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson’s tenure from 1946 to 1953, a period marked by early Cold War, civil rights, and federal power jurisprudence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court jurisprudence
body of case law
appliesToCourt Supreme Court of the United States
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal law
areaOfLaw First Amendment to the United States Constitution
surface form: First Amendment law

civil rights law
constitutional law
criminal procedure
federal power
labor law
separation of powers
compositionIncludes Felix Frankfurter
Harold H. Burton
Hugo L. Black
Robert H. Jackson
Sherman Minton
Stanley Reed
surface form: Stanley F. Reed

Tom C. Clark
William O. Douglas
country United States of America
decisionYearOfNotableCase 1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
endTime 1953
followedBy United States Supreme Court cases
surface form: United States Supreme Court cases of the Warren Court
follows United States Supreme Court cases of the Stone Court
hasChiefJustice Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson
surface form: Fred M. Vinson
hasChiefJusticeIdeology moderate to conservative
hasHistoricalContext Truman administration
beginning of the civil rights movement
early Cold War
early Eisenhower administration
post–World War II era
legalSignificance began erosion of de jure racial segregation in education
developed early Cold War free speech doctrine
expanded enforcement of antitrust law against motion picture studios
limited presidential power in domestic emergencies
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
notableCase Adamson v. California
American Communications Ass’n v. Douds
Dennis v. United States
Everson v. Board of Education
Feiner v. New York
Hirabayashi v. United States
surface form: Hirabayashi v. United States (post‑conviction proceedings)

Korematsu v. United States rehearing denial
McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents
Shelley v. Kraemer
Sweatt v. Painter
United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
United States v. Rabinowitz
Wolf v. Colorado
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
startTime 1946

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United States Supreme Court cases of the Stone Court followedBy United States Supreme Court cases of the Vinson Court