1952 term · Vinson Court · 9-0
Fowler v. Rhode Island
345 U.S. 67 · 73 S. Ct. 526 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2330
The record
- Term
- 1952
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 340
- U.S. Reports
- 345 U.S. 67
- S. Ct. citation
- 73 S. Ct. 526
- LEXIS citation
- 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2330
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMCC
M 7 majorityC 2 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Special concurrence |
| Felix Frankfurter | Special concurrence |
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