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1951 term · Vinson Court · 5-2

Bindczyck v. Finucane, Chairman of the Board of Immigration Appeals, et al.

342 U.S. 76 · 72 S. Ct. 130 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 2365

The record

Term
1951
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
18
U.S. Reports
342 U.S. 76
S. Ct. citation
72 S. Ct. 130
LEXIS citation
1951 U.S. LEXIS 2365

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 2 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Bindczyck v. Finucane, Chairman of the Board of Immigration Appeals, et al.
JusticeVote
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Harold BurtonDissent
Stanley ReedDissent
Sherman MintonUnknown
Tom C. ClarkUnknown

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