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1972 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Almota Farmers Elevator & Warehouse Co. v. United States

409 U.S. 470 · 93 S. Ct. 791 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 138

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
71-951
U.S. Reports
409 U.S. 470
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 791
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 138

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Almota Farmers Elevator & Warehouse Co. v. United States.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Lewis F. PowellRegular concurrence
Byron WhiteDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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