1969 term · Burger Court · 5-2
Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.
398 U.S. 144 · 90 S. Ct. 1598 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 31
The record
- Term
- 1969
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 79
- U.S. Reports
- 398 U.S. 144
- S. Ct. citation
- 90 S. Ct. 1598
- LEXIS citation
- 1970 U.S. LEXIS 31
How the bench divided
MMMMCDD?
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Special concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Unknown |
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