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1952 term · Vinson Court · 6-2

United States v. Certain Parcels of Land in the County of Fairfax, Virginia, et al.

345 U.S. 344 · 73 S. Ct. 693 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2542

The record

Term
1952
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
253
U.S. Reports
345 U.S. 344
S. Ct. citation
73 S. Ct. 693
LEXIS citation
1953 U.S. LEXIS 2542

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Certain Parcels of Land in the County of Fairfax, Virginia, et al.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Stanley ReedDissent
Fred M. VinsonDissent
Robert H. JacksonUnknown

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