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1947 term · Vinson Court · 7-2

Rodgers v. United States

332 U.S. 371 · 68 S. Ct. 5 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 1643

The record

Term
1947
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
58
U.S. Reports
332 U.S. 371
S. Ct. citation
68 S. Ct. 5
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 1643

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Rodgers v. United States.
JusticeVote
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Harold BurtonDissent
Wiley RutledgeDissent

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