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1952 term · Vinson Court · 7-2

Heikkila v. Barber, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al.

345 U.S. 229 · 73 S. Ct. 603 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2613

The record

Term
1952
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
426
U.S. Reports
345 U.S. 229
S. Ct. citation
73 S. Ct. 603
LEXIS citation
1953 U.S. LEXIS 2613

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Heikkila v. Barber, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority
Felix FrankfurterDissent
Hugo BlackDissent

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