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1950 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Robertson, President of the Army Review Board, v. Chambers

341 U.S. 37 · 71 S. Ct. 547 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2017

The record

Term
1950
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
295
U.S. Reports
341 U.S. 37
S. Ct. citation
71 S. Ct. 547
LEXIS citation
1951 U.S. LEXIS 2017

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Robertson, President of the Army Review Board, v. Chambers.
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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