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1947 term · Vinson Court · 5-4

Johnson v. United States

333 U.S. 10 · 68 S. Ct. 367 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2583

The record

Term
1947
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
329
U.S. Reports
333 U.S. 10
S. Ct. citation
68 S. Ct. 367
LEXIS citation
1948 U.S. LEXIS 2583

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Johnson v. United States.
JusticeVote
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Harold BurtonDissent
Stanley ReedDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Fred M. VinsonDissent

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