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1972 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Cool v. United States

409 U.S. 100 · 93 S. Ct. 354 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 9

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
72-72
U.S. Reports
409 U.S. 100
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 354
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 9

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Cool v. United States.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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