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1947 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Lee v. Mississippi

332 U.S. 742 · 68 S. Ct. 300 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2619

The record

Term
1947
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
91
U.S. Reports
332 U.S. 742
S. Ct. citation
68 S. Ct. 300
LEXIS citation
1948 U.S. LEXIS 2619

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Lee v. Mississippi.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority

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