1969 term · Burger Court · 5-3
Welsh v. United States
398 U.S. 333 · 90 S. Ct. 1792 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 23
The record
- Term
- 1969
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 76
- U.S. Reports
- 398 U.S. 333
- S. Ct. citation
- 90 S. Ct. 1792
- LEXIS citation
- 1970 U.S. LEXIS 23
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDD?
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Judgment of the Court |
| John M. Harlan II | Special concurrence |
| Potter Stewart | Dissent |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Unknown |
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