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1947 term · Vinson Court · 7-2

Coe v. Coe

334 U.S. 378 · 68 S. Ct. 1094 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2081

The record

Term
1947
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
37
U.S. Reports
334 U.S. 378
S. Ct. citation
68 S. Ct. 1094
LEXIS citation
1948 U.S. LEXIS 2081

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Coe v. Coe.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Frank MurphyDissent

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