1947 term · Vinson Court · 5-4
Saia v. New York
334 U.S. 558 · 68 S. Ct. 1148 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2086
The record
- Term
- 1947
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 504
- U.S. Reports
- 334 U.S. 558
- S. Ct. citation
- 68 S. Ct. 1148
- LEXIS citation
- 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2086
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Wiley Rutledge | Majority |
| Frank Murphy | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Dissent |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
| Felix Frankfurter | Dissent |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
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