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1953 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Gordon et al. v. United States

347 U.S. 909 · 74 S. Ct. 473 · 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2431

The record

Term
1953
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
318
U.S. Reports
347 U.S. 909
S. Ct. citation
74 S. Ct. 473
LEXIS citation
1954 U.S. LEXIS 2431

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Gordon et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
Felix FrankfurterMajority
Harold BurtonMajority
Stanley ReedMajority
Sherman MintonMajority
Robert H. JacksonMajority

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