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1950 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Woodward v. United States et al.

341 U.S. 112 · 71 S. Ct. 605 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 1957

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
476
U.S. Reports
341 U.S. 112
S. Ct. citation
71 S. Ct. 605
LEXIS citation
1951 U.S. LEXIS 1957

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Woodward v. United States et al.
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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