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1946 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

De Meerleer v. Michigan

329 U.S. 663 · 67 S. Ct. 596 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2695

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
140
U.S. Reports
329 U.S. 663
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 596
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2695

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in De Meerleer v. Michigan.
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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