
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
MMMMMMMCD
M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Regular concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
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