 The Court decided to reverse the decision made by the Court of Appeals and to dismiss the indictment.The majority, seven, voted for the United States, while only two voted against it.“The Justice Department successfully argued before the court that the clause must be interpreted narrowly if a “proper and reasonable” balance is to be struck between the duties of the federal government, the interests of the criminal defendant, and the concerns of the alien witness.” The court concluded that in order to establish a violation of the compulsory process clause, the defendant must show that “The testimony of the deported witness would have been material and favorable to his defense in ways not merely cumulative to testimony of available witnesses.” Unless the defendant is able to do this, the indictment should not be dismissed.