1953 term · Warren Court · 5-3
Brownell, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, v. Singer
347 U.S. 403 · 74 S. Ct. 548 · 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2280
The record
- Term
- 1953
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federal Taxation
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 401
- U.S. Reports
- 347 U.S. 403
- S. Ct. citation
- 74 S. Ct. 548
- LEXIS citation
- 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2280
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDD?
M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Felix Frankfurter | Dissent |
| Robert H. Jackson | Dissent |
| Earl Warren | Unknown |
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