1948 term · Vinson Court · 6-3
Watts v. Indiana
338 U.S. 49 · 69 S. Ct. 1347 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2080
The record
- Term
- 1948
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 610
- U.S. Reports
- 338 U.S. 49
- S. Ct. citation
- 69 S. Ct. 1347
- LEXIS citation
- 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2080
How the bench divided
MMMCCCDDD
M 3 majorityC 3 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Wiley Rutledge | Majority |
| Frank Murphy | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Judgment of the Court |
| Robert H. Jackson | Special concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Special concurrence |
| Hugo Black | Special concurrence |
| Harold Burton | Dissent |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| Fred M. Vinson | Dissent |
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