1946 term · Vinson Court · 5-3
United States v. Petrillo
332 U.S. 1 · 67 S. Ct. 1538 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2923
The record
- Term
- 1946
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 954
- U.S. Reports
- 332 U.S. 1
- S. Ct. citation
- 67 S. Ct. 1538
- LEXIS citation
- 1947 U.S. LEXIS 2923
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDD?
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Regular concurrence |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| Wiley Rutledge | Dissent |
| Frank Murphy | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Unknown |
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