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1946 term · Vinson Court · 6-3

Confederated Bands of Ute Indians v. United States

330 U.S. 169 · 67 S. Ct. 650 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2648

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
141
U.S. Reports
330 U.S. 169
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 650
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2648

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Confederated Bands of Ute Indians v. United States.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Frank MurphyDissent

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