1948 term · Vinson Court · 5-4
Upshaw v. United States
335 U.S. 410 · 69 S. Ct. 170 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2794
The record
- Term
- 1948
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 98
- U.S. Reports
- 335 U.S. 410
- S. Ct. citation
- 69 S. Ct. 170
- LEXIS citation
- 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2794
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Wiley Rutledge | Majority |
| Frank Murphy | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Dissent |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| Fred M. Vinson | Dissent |
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