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1951 term · Vinson Court · 6-3

Adler et al. v. Board of Education of the City of New York

342 U.S. 485 · 72 S. Ct. 380 · 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2387

The record

Term
1951
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
8
U.S. Reports
342 U.S. 485
S. Ct. citation
72 S. Ct. 380
LEXIS citation
1952 U.S. LEXIS 2387

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Adler et al. v. Board of Education of the City of New York.
JusticeVote
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
Felix FrankfurterJurisdictional dissent

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