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1948 term · Vinson Court · 5-4

United States v. Cors

337 U.S. 325 · 69 S. Ct. 1086 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2936

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
132
U.S. Reports
337 U.S. 325
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 1086
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 2936

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Cors.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Wiley RutledgeMajority
Frank MurphyMajority
Harold BurtonDissent
Robert H. JacksonDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Fred M. VinsonDissent

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