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1947 term · Vinson Court · 5-4

Moore et al. v. New York

333 U.S. 565 · 68 S. Ct. 705 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2373

The record

Term
1947
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
485
U.S. Reports
333 U.S. 565
S. Ct. citation
68 S. Ct. 705
LEXIS citation
1948 U.S. LEXIS 2373

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Moore et al. v. New York.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Wiley RutledgeDissent
Frank MurphyDissent

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