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1969 term · Burger Court · 4-2

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. First Mortgage 4% Bondholders Committee v. United States et al.

399 U.S. 392 · 90 S. Ct. 2054 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 93

The record

Term
1969
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
4-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
915
U.S. Reports
399 U.S. 392
S. Ct. citation
90 S. Ct. 2054
LEXIS citation
1970 U.S. LEXIS 93

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityD 2 dissenting? 3 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. First Mortgage 4% Bondholders Committee v. United States et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
William O. DouglasUnknown
Thurgood MarshallUnknown
Harry BlackmunUnknown

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