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1948 term · Vinson Court · 6-3

Uveges v. Pennsylvania

335 U.S. 437 · 69 S. Ct. 184 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 1455

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
75
U.S. Reports
335 U.S. 437
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 184
LEXIS citation
1948 U.S. LEXIS 1455

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Uveges v. Pennsylvania.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Harold BurtonDissent
Robert H. JacksonDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent

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