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1969 term · Burger Court · 7-0

United States v. Kordel et al.

397 U.S. 1 · 90 S. Ct. 763 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 71

The record

Term
1969
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
87
U.S. Reports
397 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
90 S. Ct. 763
LEXIS citation
1970 U.S. LEXIS 71

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Kordel et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Hugo BlackUnknown

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