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1950 term · Vinson Court · 8-1

Tenney et al. v. Brandhove

341 U.S. 367 · 71 S. Ct. 783 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 1836

The record

Term
1950
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
338
U.S. Reports
341 U.S. 367
S. Ct. citation
71 S. Ct. 783
LEXIS citation
1951 U.S. LEXIS 1836

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Tenney et al. v. Brandhove.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Hugo BlackRegular concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent

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