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1946 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

United States v. Smith, U.S. District Judge, et al.

331 U.S. 469 · 67 S. Ct. 1330 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2202

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
498
U.S. Reports
331 U.S. 469
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 1330
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2202

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States v. Smith, U.S. District Judge, et al.
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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