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1951 term · Vinson Court · 8-1

Cook v. Cook

342 U.S. 126 · 72 S. Ct. 157 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 1274

The record

Term
1951
Decided
Issue area
Interstate Relations
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Unspecifiable
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
30
U.S. Reports
342 U.S. 126
S. Ct. citation
72 S. Ct. 157
LEXIS citation
1951 U.S. LEXIS 1274

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Cook v. Cook.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Harold BurtonSpecial concurrence
Felix FrankfurterDissent

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