1947 term · Vinson Court · 6-0
Shelley et ux. v. Kraemer et ux.
334 U.S. 1 · 68 S. Ct. 836 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2764
The record
- Term
- 1947
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 72
- U.S. Reports
- 334 U.S. 1
- S. Ct. citation
- 68 S. Ct. 836
- LEXIS citation
- 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2764
How the bench divided
MMMMMM???
M 6 majority? 3 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Frank Murphy | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Unknown |
| Stanley Reed | Unknown |
| Wiley Rutledge | Unknown |
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