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1952 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Gordon et al. v. United States

344 U.S. 414 · 73 S. Ct. 369 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2425

The record

Term
1952
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
182
U.S. Reports
344 U.S. 414
S. Ct. citation
73 S. Ct. 369
LEXIS citation
1953 U.S. LEXIS 2425

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Gordon et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority

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