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1950 term · Vinson Court · 6-3

Jordan, District Director of Immigration & Naturalization, v. De George

341 U.S. 223 · 71 S. Ct. 703 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2418

The record

Term
1950
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
348
U.S. Reports
341 U.S. 223
S. Ct. citation
71 S. Ct. 703
LEXIS citation
1951 U.S. LEXIS 2418

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Jordan, District Director of Immigration & Naturalization, v. De George.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Robert H. JacksonDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Hugo BlackDissent

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