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1946 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Patterson, Secretary of War, et al. v. Lamb

329 U.S. 539 · 67 S. Ct. 448 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2748

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
229
U.S. Reports
329 U.S. 539
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 448
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2748

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Patterson, Secretary of War, et al. v. Lamb.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority

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