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1949 term · Vinson Court · 7-1

Mullane, Special Guardian, v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co., Trustee, et al.

339 U.S. 306 · 70 S. Ct. 652 · 1950 U.S. LEXIS 2070

The record

Term
1949
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
378
U.S. Reports
339 U.S. 306
S. Ct. citation
70 S. Ct. 652
LEXIS citation
1950 U.S. LEXIS 2070

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Mullane, Special Guardian, v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co., Trustee, et al.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Harold BurtonDissent
William O. DouglasUnknown

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