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1946 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Clark, Attorney General, as Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, v. Allen et al.

331 U.S. 503 · 67 S. Ct. 1431 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2157

The record

Term
1946
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
626
U.S. Reports
331 U.S. 503
S. Ct. citation
67 S. Ct. 1431
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 2157

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Clark, Attorney General, as Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, v. Allen et al.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Wiley RutledgeSpecial concurrence

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