1952 term · Vinson Court · 5-4
Shaughnessy, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization, v. United States ex rel. Mezei
345 U.S. 206 · 73 S. Ct. 625 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2301
The record
- Term
- 1952
- Decided
- Issue area
- Due Process
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 139
- U.S. Reports
- 345 U.S. 206
- S. Ct. citation
- 73 S. Ct. 625
- LEXIS citation
- 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2301
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Felix Frankfurter | Dissent |
| Hugo Black | Dissent |
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