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1952 term · Vinson Court · 5-4

Mandoli v. Acheson, Secretary of State

344 U.S. 133 · 73 S. Ct. 135 · 1952 U.S. LEXIS 1496

The record

Term
1952
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
15
U.S. Reports
344 U.S. 133
S. Ct. citation
73 S. Ct. 135
LEXIS citation
1952 U.S. LEXIS 1496

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mandoli v. Acheson, Secretary of State.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Tom C. ClarkDissent
William O. DouglasDissent
Stanley ReedDissent
Fred M. VinsonDissent

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