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1973 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin et al.

417 U.S. 156 · 94 S. Ct. 2140 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 60

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
73-203
U.S. Reports
417 U.S. 156
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 2140
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 60

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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