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1971 term · Burger Court · 5-2

Kastigar et al. v. United States

406 U.S. 441 · 92 S. Ct. 1653 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 57

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
5-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
70-117
U.S. Reports
406 U.S. 441
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 1653
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 57

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 2 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Kastigar et al. v. United States.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanUnknown
William RehnquistUnknown

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