1950 term · Vinson Court · 8-1
Kunz v. New York
340 U.S. 290 · 71 S. Ct. 312 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2248
The record
- Term
- 1950
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 8-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 50
- U.S. Reports
- 340 U.S. 290
- S. Ct. citation
- 71 S. Ct. 312
- LEXIS citation
- 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2248
How the bench divided
MMMMMMCCD
M 6 majorityC 2 concurringD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Special concurrence |
| Hugo Black | Special concurrence |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
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