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1950 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Dowd, Warden, v. United States ex rel. Cook

340 U.S. 206 · 71 S. Ct. 262 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2297

The record

Term
1950
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
66
U.S. Reports
340 U.S. 206
S. Ct. citation
71 S. Ct. 262
LEXIS citation
1951 U.S. LEXIS 2297

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Dowd, Warden, v. United States ex rel. Cook.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority

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