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1946 term · Vinson Court · 6-3

Cleveland v. United States

329 U.S. 14 · 67 S. Ct. 13 · 1946 U.S. LEXIS 1725

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
12
U.S. Reports
329 U.S. 14
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 13
LEXIS citation
1946 U.S. LEXIS 1725

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Cleveland v. United States.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Wiley RutledgeSpecial concurrence
Robert H. JacksonDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Frank MurphyDissent

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