1950 term · Vinson Court · 9-0
Gerende v. Board of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore
341 U.S. 56 · 71 S. Ct. 565 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2015
The record
- Term
- 1950
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 577
- U.S. Reports
- 341 U.S. 56
- S. Ct. citation
- 71 S. Ct. 565
- LEXIS citation
- 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2015
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMC
M 8 majorityC 1 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Special concurrence |
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