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1948 term · Vinson Court · 6-3

Klapprott v. United States

335 U.S. 601 · 69 S. Ct. 384 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 3019

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
42
U.S. Reports
335 U.S. 601
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 384
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 3019

How the bench divided

M 2 majorityC 4 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Klapprott v. United States.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Hugo BlackJudgment of the Court
Harold BurtonSpecial concurrence
Felix FrankfurterSpecial concurrence
Wiley RutledgeSpecial concurrence
Frank MurphySpecial concurrence
Robert H. JacksonDissent
Stanley ReedDissent
Fred M. VinsonDissent

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