1946 term · Vinson Court · 9-0
Gibson v. United States
329 U.S. 338 · 67 S. Ct. 301 · 1946 U.S. LEXIS 1584
The record
- Term
- 1946
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 23
- U.S. Reports
- 329 U.S. 338
- S. Ct. citation
- 67 S. Ct. 301
- LEXIS citation
- 1946 U.S. LEXIS 1584
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMC
M 8 majorityC 1 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Wiley Rutledge | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Frank Murphy | Regular concurrence |
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