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1947 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Blumenthal v. United States

332 U.S. 539 · 68 S. Ct. 248 · 1947 U.S. LEXIS 1512

The record

Term
1947
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
54
U.S. Reports
332 U.S. 539
S. Ct. citation
68 S. Ct. 248
LEXIS citation
1947 U.S. LEXIS 1512

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Blumenthal v. United States.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence

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