1951 term · Vinson Court · 6-3
Doremus et al. v. Board of Education of the Borough of Hawthorne et al.
342 U.S. 429 · 72 S. Ct. 394 · 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2385
The record
- Term
- 1951
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Petition denied/appeal dismissed
- Docket
- 9
- U.S. Reports
- 342 U.S. 429
- S. Ct. citation
- 72 S. Ct. 394
- LEXIS citation
- 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2385
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
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