1949 term · Vinson Court · 8-0
Hiatt, Warden, v. Brown
339 U.S. 103 · 70 S. Ct. 495 · 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2242
The record
- Term
- 1949
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 359
- U.S. Reports
- 339 U.S. 103
- S. Ct. citation
- 70 S. Ct. 495
- LEXIS citation
- 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2242
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMC?
M 7 majorityC 1 concurring? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Special concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Unknown |
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