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1948 term · Vinson Court · 5-4

Rice v. Rice

336 U.S. 674 · 69 S. Ct. 751 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2534

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Interstate Relations
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Unspecifiable
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
117
U.S. Reports
336 U.S. 674
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 751
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 2534

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Rice v. Rice.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Robert H. JacksonDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Wiley RutledgeDissent

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