Task: songer_majvotes

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the number of judges who voted in favor of the disposition favored by the majority. Judges who concurred in the outcome but wrote a separate concurring opinion are counted as part of the majority. For most cases this variable takes the value "2" or "3." However, for cases decided en banc the value may be as high as 15. Note: in the typical case, a list of the judges who heard the case is printed immediately before the opinion. If there is no indication that any of the judges dissented and no indication that one or more of the judges did not participate in the final decision, then all of the judges listed as participating in the decision are assumed to have cast votes with the majority. The number of majority votes recorded includes district judges or other judges sitting by designation who participated on the appeals court panel. If there is an indication that a judge heard argument in the case but did not participate in the final opinion (e.g., the judge died before the decision was reached), that judge is not counted in the number of majority votes.

PER CURIAM.
This is a war risk insurance case in which verdict was directed for the government. Premiums paid kept the policy in force to June 1, 1919, and insured died in September of that year. When the evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiff, as it must be on motion for directed verdict, it shows that during the life of the policy insured was suffering from general paralysis of the insane, and that this disease was of such character that he could not engage with reasonable regularity in any substantially gainful occupation without inaterial injury to his health. It appears, also, that the disability was of permanent character, and that the condition of insured from the time of his discharge from the Army in April, 1919, grew progressively worse until his death, which was suicidal, in September following. There was evidence that insured did considerable work between the time of his discharge and his death; hut, in view of the testimony that he was not able to work without material injury to his health, this fact should not preclude recovery. Carter v. U. S. (C. C. A. 4th) 49 F.(2d) 221. The jury should have been permitted to say, in the light of all of the evidence, whether he became totally and permanently disabled within the meaning of the policy while it was in force. U. S. v. Coward (C. C A. 4th) 76 F.(2d) 875; Odom v. U. S. (C. C. A. 4th) 70 F.(2d) 104; U. S. v. Flippence (C. C. A. 10th) 72 F.(2d) 611. The exception to the admission of the declaration of the insured upon his discharge, filed with the War Department’s records, is without merit; but, for the error in directing verdict for the government, the judgment appealed from must be reversed.
Reversed.

Question: What is the number of judges who voted in favor of the disposition favored by the majority?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4
F. 5
G. 6
H. 7
I. 8
J. 9
K. 10
L. 11
M. 12
N. 13
O. 14
P. 15
Q. Not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: D