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1947 term · Vinson Court · 5-4

Trupiano et al. v. United States

334 U.S. 699 · 68 S. Ct. 1229 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 1986

The record

Term
1947
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed and reversed in part
Docket
427
U.S. Reports
334 U.S. 699
S. Ct. citation
68 S. Ct. 1229
LEXIS citation
1948 U.S. LEXIS 1986

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Trupiano et al. 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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