1949 term · Vinson Court · 7-1
Cassell v. Texas
339 U.S. 282 · 70 S. Ct. 629 · 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2069
The record
- Term
- 1949
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 7-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 46
- U.S. Reports
- 339 U.S. 282
- S. Ct. citation
- 70 S. Ct. 629
- LEXIS citation
- 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2069
How the bench divided
MMMCCCCD?
M 3 majorityC 4 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Judgment of the Court |
| Tom C. Clark | Regular concurrence |
| Sherman Minton | Special concurrence |
| Harold Burton | Special concurrence |
| Felix Frankfurter | Special concurrence |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Unknown |
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