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1951 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Casey et al. v. United States

343 U.S. 808 · 72 S. Ct. 999 · 1952 U.S. LEXIS 1956

The record

Term
1951
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
379
U.S. Reports
343 U.S. 808
S. Ct. citation
72 S. Ct. 999
LEXIS citation
1952 U.S. LEXIS 1956

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 3 concurring

How each justice voted in Casey et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
Fred M. VinsonSpecial concurrence
Stanley ReedSpecial concurrence
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence

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