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1946 term · Vinson Court · 7-2

United States v. Sheridan

329 U.S. 379 · 67 S. Ct. 332 · 1946 U.S. LEXIS 1585

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
53
U.S. Reports
329 U.S. 379
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 332
LEXIS citation
1946 U.S. LEXIS 1585

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Sheridan.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Fred M. VinsonDissent

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