1947 term · Vinson Court · 6-3
Oyama et al. v. California
332 U.S. 633 · 68 S. Ct. 269 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2773
The record
- Term
- 1947
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 44
- U.S. Reports
- 332 U.S. 633
- S. Ct. citation
- 68 S. Ct. 269
- LEXIS citation
- 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2773
How the bench divided
MMCCCCDDD
M 2 majorityC 4 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Regular concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Regular concurrence |
| Frank Murphy | Special concurrence |
| Wiley Rutledge | Special concurrence |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
| Harold Burton | Dissent |
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