
1953 term · Warren Court · 5-4
United States ex rel. Accardi v. Shaughnessy, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
347 U.S. 260 · 74 S. Ct. 499 · 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2334
The record
- Term
- 1953
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 366
- U.S. Reports
- 347 U.S. 260
- S. Ct. citation
- 74 S. Ct. 499
- LEXIS citation
- 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2334
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDDD
M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Felix Frankfurter | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Dissent |
| Stanley Reed | Dissent |
| Sherman Minton | Dissent |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
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