1947 term · Vinson Court · 9-0
Fong Haw Tan v. Phelan, Acting District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service
333 U.S. 6 · 68 S. Ct. 374 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2582
The record
- Term
- 1947
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 370
- U.S. Reports
- 333 U.S. 6
- S. Ct. citation
- 68 S. Ct. 374
- LEXIS citation
- 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2582
How the bench divided
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M 9 majority
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Wiley Rutledge | Majority |
| Frank Murphy | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
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