1948 term · Vinson Court · 6-3
McDONALD et al. v. United States
335 U.S. 451 · 69 S. Ct. 191 · 1948 U.S. LEXIS 1456
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
- 36
- U.S. Reports
- 335 U.S. 451
- S. Ct. citation
- 69 S. Ct. 191
- LEXIS citation
- 1948 U.S. LEXIS 1456
How the bench divided
MMCCCCDDD
M 2 majorityC 4 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Frank Murphy | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Regular concurrence |
| Felix Frankfurter | Regular concurrence |
| Hugo Black | Special concurrence |
| Wiley Rutledge | Special concurrence |
| Harold Burton | Dissent |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| Fred M. Vinson | Dissent |
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