1949 term · Vinson Court · 9-0
Sweatt v. Painter et al.
339 U.S. 629 · 70 S. Ct. 848 · 1950 U.S. LEXIS 1809
The record
- Term
- 1949
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 44
- U.S. Reports
- 339 U.S. 629
- S. Ct. citation
- 70 S. Ct. 848
- LEXIS citation
- 1950 U.S. LEXIS 1809
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMM
M 9 majority
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
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