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1950 term · Vinson Court · 5-3

Rogers v. United States

340 U.S. 367 · 71 S. Ct. 438 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2154

The record

Term
1950
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
20
U.S. Reports
340 U.S. 367
S. Ct. citation
71 S. Ct. 438
LEXIS citation
1951 U.S. LEXIS 2154

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Rogers v. United States.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Tom C. ClarkUnknown

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