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1951 term · Vinson Court · 5-3

Sacher et al. v. United States

343 U.S. 1 · 72 S. Ct. 451 · 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2342

The record

Term
1951
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
201
U.S. Reports
343 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
72 S. Ct. 451
LEXIS citation
1952 U.S. LEXIS 2342

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Sacher et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Tom C. ClarkUnknown

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