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1950 term · Vinson Court · 8-0

United States v. Alcea Band of Tillamooks et al.

341 U.S. 48 · 71 S. Ct. 552 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2019

The record

Term
1950
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
281
U.S. Reports
341 U.S. 48
S. Ct. citation
71 S. Ct. 552
LEXIS citation
1951 U.S. LEXIS 2019

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Alcea Band of Tillamooks et al.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Robert H. JacksonUnknown

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