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1951 term · Vinson Court · 4-3

Kawakita v. United States

343 U.S. 717 · 72 S. Ct. 950 · 1952 U.S. LEXIS 2017

The record

Term
1951
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
4-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
570
U.S. Reports
343 U.S. 717
S. Ct. citation
72 S. Ct. 950
LEXIS citation
1952 U.S. LEXIS 2017

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityD 3 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Kawakita v. United States.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Harold BurtonDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Fred M. VinsonDissent
Tom C. ClarkUnknown
Felix FrankfurterUnknown

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