1949 term · Vinson Court · 6-3
Johnson, Secretary of Defense, et al. v. Eisentrager, Alias Ehrhardt, et al.
339 U.S. 763 · 70 S. Ct. 936 · 1950 U.S. LEXIS 1815
The record
- Term
- 1949
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 306
- U.S. Reports
- 339 U.S. 763
- S. Ct. citation
- 70 S. Ct. 936
- LEXIS citation
- 1950 U.S. LEXIS 1815
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Hugo Black | Dissent |
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