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1972 term · Burger Court · 9-0

One Lot Emerald Cut Stones and One Ring v. United States

409 U.S. 232 · 93 S. Ct. 489 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 120

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
72-376
U.S. Reports
409 U.S. 232
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 489
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 120

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in One Lot Emerald Cut Stones and One Ring v. United States.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority

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