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1951 term · Vinson Court · 5-3

Guessefeldt v. McGRATH, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, et al.

342 U.S. 308 · 72 S. Ct. 338 · 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2803

The record

Term
1951
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
204
U.S. Reports
342 U.S. 308
S. Ct. citation
72 S. Ct. 338
LEXIS citation
1952 U.S. LEXIS 2803

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Guessefeldt v. McGRATH, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, et al.
JusticeVote
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Sherman MintonDissent
Stanley ReedDissent
Fred M. VinsonDissent
Tom C. ClarkUnknown

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