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1972 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Keeble v. United States

412 U.S. 205 · 93 S. Ct. 1993 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 5

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
72-5323
U.S. Reports
412 U.S. 205
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 1993
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 5

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Keeble v. United States.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Potter StewartDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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