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1952 term · Vinson Court · 6-2

Orvis et al. v. Brownell, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian

345 U.S. 183 · 73 S. Ct. 596 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2611

The record

Term
1952
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
404
U.S. Reports
345 U.S. 183
S. Ct. citation
73 S. Ct. 596
LEXIS citation
1953 U.S. LEXIS 2611

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Orvis et al. v. Brownell, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Tom C. ClarkUnknown

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