Vintage matte-finish 16 x 11.25 Harris and Ewing photo of the Vinson Court, signed in the lower border in black ink by all nine Justices: Felix Frankfurter, Hugo Black, Fred Vinson, Jr., Stanley Reed, Wm. O. Douglas, Wiley Rutledge, Frank Murphy, Robert Jackson and Harold Burton. In fine condition, with Burton and Rutledge’s signatures a couple shades lighter than others, some scattered light spotting to image and a bit of slight toning to edges. Vinson’s most dramatic dissent was when the court voided President Truman’s seizure of the steel industry during a strike in a June 3, 1952 decision, Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer. The major issues his court dealt with included racial segregation, labor unions, communism and loyalty oaths. On racial segregation, he wrote that states practicing the separate but equal doctrine must provide facilities that were truly equal. The case of Brown v. Board of Education was before the Court at the time of his death. Vinson, not wanting a 5-4 decision, had ordered a second hearing of the case. He died before the case could be reheard, at which time Earl Warren was appointed to the Court and the case was heard again. Auction LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
