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1969 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Colonnade Catering Corp. v. United States

397 U.S. 72 · 90 S. Ct. 774 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 66

The record

Term
1969
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
108
U.S. Reports
397 U.S. 72
S. Ct. citation
90 S. Ct. 774
LEXIS citation
1970 U.S. LEXIS 66

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Colonnade Catering Corp. v. United States.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Hugo BlackDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent

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