1951 term · Vinson Court · 5-2
Ray, Chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee of Alabama, v. Blair
343 U.S. 154 · 72 S. Ct. 598 · 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2245
The record
- Term
- 1951
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 649
- U.S. Reports
- 343 U.S. 154
- S. Ct. citation
- 72 S. Ct. 598
- LEXIS citation
- 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2245
How the bench divided
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M 5 majorityD 2 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Felix Frankfurter | Unknown |
| Hugo Black | Unknown |
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