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1948 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Smith v. United States

337 U.S. 137 · 69 S. Ct. 1000 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2939

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
292
U.S. Reports
337 U.S. 137
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 1000
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 2939

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Smith v. United States.
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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