1954 term · Warren Court · 6-2
Shaughnessy, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. United States ex rel. Accardi
349 U.S. 280 · 75 S. Ct. 746 · 1955 U.S. LEXIS 769
The record
- Term
- 1954
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Warren Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 616
- U.S. Reports
- 349 U.S. 280
- S. Ct. citation
- 75 S. Ct. 746
- LEXIS citation
- 1955 U.S. LEXIS 769
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDD?
M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Earl Warren | Majority |
| Tom C. Clark | Majority |
| Harold Burton | Majority |
| Stanley Reed | Majority |
| Sherman Minton | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Dissent |
| Felix Frankfurter | Dissent |
| John M. Harlan II | Unknown |
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