1953 term · Warren Court · 6-3
Tom We Shung v. Brownell, Attorney General, et al.
346 U.S. 906 · 74 S. Ct. 237 · 1953 U.S. LEXIS 1386
The record
- Term
- 1953
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 241
- U.S. Reports
- 346 U.S. 906
- S. Ct. citation
- 74 S. Ct. 237
- LEXIS citation
- 1953 U.S. LEXIS 1386
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
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