1951 term · Vinson Court · 8-0
Morissette v. United States
342 U.S. 246 · 72 S. Ct. 240 · 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2714
The record
- Term
- 1951
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 12
- U.S. Reports
- 342 U.S. 246
- S. Ct. citation
- 72 S. Ct. 240
- LEXIS citation
- 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2714
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMC?
M 7 majorityC 1 concurring? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Special concurrence |
| Sherman Minton | Unknown |
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