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1972 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Colgrove v. Battin, U.S. District Judge

413 U.S. 149 · 93 S. Ct. 2448 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 42

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
71-1442
U.S. Reports
413 U.S. 149
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 2448
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 42

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Colgrove v. Battin, U.S. District Judge.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent

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