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1948 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Stainback, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii, et al. v. Mo Hock Ke Lok Po, an Eleemosynary Corporation, et al.

336 U.S. 368 · 69 S. Ct. 606 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2970

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
52
U.S. Reports
336 U.S. 368
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 606
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 2970

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 2 concurring

How each justice voted in Stainback, Governor of the Territory of Hawaii, et al. v. Mo Hock Ke Lok Po, an Eleemosynary Corporation, et al.
JusticeVote
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Felix FrankfurterRegular concurrence
Wiley RutledgeRegular concurrence

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