1949 term · Vinson Court · 8-0
Morford v. United States
339 U.S. 258 · 70 S. Ct. 586 · 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2128
The record
- Term
- 1949
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 236
- U.S. Reports
- 339 U.S. 258
- S. Ct. citation
- 70 S. Ct. 586
- LEXIS citation
- 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2128
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCC?
M 5 majorityC 3 concurring? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Special concurrence |
| Felix Frankfurter | Special concurrence |
| Hugo Black | Special concurrence |
| Tom C. Clark | Unknown |
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