1952 term · Vinson Court · 5-3
United States v. Nugent
346 U.S. 1 · 73 S. Ct. 991 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2000
The record
- Term
- 1952
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Vinson Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 540
- U.S. Reports
- 346 U.S. 1
- S. Ct. citation
- 73 S. Ct. 991
- LEXIS citation
- 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2000
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDD?
M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Fred M. Vinson | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Felix Frankfurter | Dissent |
| Hugo Black | Dissent |
| Robert H. Jackson | Unknown |
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