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1952 term · Vinson Court · 6-3

United States v. Reynolds et al.

345 U.S. 1 · 73 S. Ct. 528 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2329

The record

Term
1952
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
21
U.S. Reports
345 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
73 S. Ct. 528
LEXIS citation
1953 U.S. LEXIS 2329

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. Reynolds et al.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Robert H. JacksonDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Hugo BlackDissent

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