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1948 term · Vinson Court · 5-4

Lustig v. United States

338 U.S. 74 · 69 S. Ct. 1372 · 1949 U.S. LEXIS 2083

The record

Term
1948
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
1389
U.S. Reports
338 U.S. 74
S. Ct. citation
69 S. Ct. 1372
LEXIS citation
1949 U.S. LEXIS 2083

How the bench divided

M 1 majorityC 4 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Lustig v. United States.
JusticeVote
Felix FrankfurterJudgment of the Court
William O. DouglasRegular concurrence
Wiley RutledgeRegular concurrence
Frank MurphyRegular concurrence
Hugo BlackSpecial concurrence
Harold BurtonDissent
Robert H. JacksonDissent
Stanley ReedDissent
Fred M. VinsonDissent

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