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1952 term · Vinson Court · 9-0

Shelton v. United States

346 U.S. 270 · 73 S. Ct. 1030 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 1903

The record

Term
1952
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Vinson Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
235M
U.S. Reports
346 U.S. 270
S. Ct. citation
73 S. Ct. 1030
LEXIS citation
1953 U.S. LEXIS 1903

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Shelton v. United States.
JusticeVote
Sherman MintonMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Fred M. VinsonMajority

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