1952 term · Vinson Court · 8-0
Avery v. Georgia
345 U.S. 559 · 73 S. Ct. 891 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2051
The record
- Term
- 1952
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 648
- U.S. Reports
- 345 U.S. 559
- S. Ct. citation
- 73 S. Ct. 891
- LEXIS citation
- 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2051
How the bench divided
MMMMMCCC?
M 5 majorityC 3 concurring? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Special concurrence |
| Stanley Reed | Special concurrence |
| Hugo Black | Special concurrence |
| Robert H. Jackson | Unknown |
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