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1969 term · Burger Court · 4-3

United States v. Seckinger, Trading as M. O. Seckinger Co.

397 U.S. 203 · 90 S. Ct. 880 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 85

The record

Term
1969
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
4-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
395
U.S. Reports
397 U.S. 203
S. Ct. citation
90 S. Ct. 880
LEXIS citation
1970 U.S. LEXIS 85

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Seckinger, Trading as M. O. Seckinger Co.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Thurgood MarshallUnknown

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