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1952 term · Vinson Court · 6-1

Barrows et al. v. Jackson

346 U.S. 249 · 73 S. Ct. 1031 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 1902

The record

Term
1952
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
517
U.S. Reports
346 U.S. 249
S. Ct. citation
73 S. Ct. 1031
LEXIS citation
1953 U.S. LEXIS 1902

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 1 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Barrows et al. v. Jackson.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonDissent
Robert H. JacksonUnknown
Stanley ReedUnknown

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