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1948 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

United States ex rel. Hirshberg v. Cooke, Commanding Officer

336 U.S. 210 · 69 S. Ct. 530 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2943

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
231
U.S. Reports
336 U.S. 210
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 530
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 2943

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States ex rel. Hirshberg v. Cooke, Commanding Officer.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority

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