1951 term · Vinson Court · 5-4
Palmer v. Ashe, Warden
342 U.S. 134 · 72 S. Ct. 191 · 1951 U.S. LEXIS 1248
The record
- Term
- 1951
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 38
- U.S. Reports
- 342 U.S. 134
- S. Ct. citation
- 72 S. Ct. 191
- LEXIS citation
- 1951 U.S. LEXIS 1248
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Sherman Minton | Dissent |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| Fred M. Vinson | Dissent |
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