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1972 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Goldstein et al. v. California

412 U.S. 546 · 93 S. Ct. 2303 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 15

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
71-1192
U.S. Reports
412 U.S. 546
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 2303
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 15

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Goldstein et al. v. California.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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