1948 term · Vinson Court · 9-0
Gibbs v. Burke, Warden
337 U.S. 773 · 69 S. Ct. 1247 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2086
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 and remanded
- Docket
- 418
- U.S. Reports
- 337 U.S. 773
- S. Ct. citation
- 69 S. Ct. 1247
- LEXIS citation
- 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2086
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCCC
M 5 majorityC 4 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Special concurrence |
| Hugo Black | Special concurrence |
| Wiley Rutledge | Special concurrence |
| Frank Murphy | Special concurrence |
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