Complex sentence: Justices Van Devanter, McReynolds, Sutherland, and Butler found no distinctions and voted to uphold the "habeas corpus" petition; the outcome of the "Tipaldo" case thus hung in the balance of Justices Roberts's vote.
Split into simpler sentences: Justices Van Devanter, McReynolds, Sutherland, and Butler found no distinctions and voted to uphold the "habeas corpus" petition. The outcome of the "Tipaldo" case thus hung in the balance of Justices Roberts's vote.