1972 term · Burger Court · 6-0
Gottschalk, Acting Commissioner of Patents v. Benson et al.
409 U.S. 63 · 93 S. Ct. 253 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 129
The record
- Term
- 1972
- Decided
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Vote split
- 6-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 71-485
- U.S. Reports
- 409 U.S. 63
- S. Ct. citation
- 93 S. Ct. 253
- LEXIS citation
- 1972 U.S. LEXIS 129
How the bench divided
MMMMMM???
M 6 majority? 3 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Unknown |
| Harry Blackmun | Unknown |
| Lewis F. Powell | Unknown |
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