1952 term · Vinson Court · 9-0
Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka et al.
344 U.S. 141 · 73 S. Ct. 124 · 1952 U.S. LEXIS 1497
The record
- Term
- 1952
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Stay/petition/motion granted
- Docket
- 8
- U.S. Reports
- 344 U.S. 141
- S. Ct. citation
- 73 S. Ct. 124
- LEXIS citation
- 1952 U.S. LEXIS 1497
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMM
M 9 majority
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
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