1970 term · Burger Court · 9-0
Samuels et al. v. Mackell, District Attorney of Queens County, et al.
401 U.S. 66 · 91 S. Ct. 764 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 83
The record
- Term
- 1970
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 7
- U.S. Reports
- 401 U.S. 66
- S. Ct. citation
- 91 S. Ct. 764
- LEXIS citation
- 1971 U.S. LEXIS 83
How the bench divided
MMMCCCCCC
M 3 majorityC 6 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Regular concurrence |
| John M. Harlan II | Regular concurrence |
| Potter Stewart | Regular concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Special concurrence |
| Byron White | Special concurrence |
| Thurgood Marshall | Special concurrence |
Same issue area
More on Judicial Power
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. Judicial Power accounts for 1,258 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.