1949 term · Vinson Court · 8-1
Roberts v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California et al.
339 U.S. 844 · 70 S. Ct. 954 · 1950 U.S. LEXIS 1818
The record
- Term
- 1949
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 8-1
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Petition denied/appeal dismissed
- Docket
- 2M
- U.S. Reports
- 339 U.S. 844
- S. Ct. citation
- 70 S. Ct. 954
- LEXIS citation
- 1950 U.S. LEXIS 1818
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMD
M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Jurisdictional dissent |
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