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1973 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Kokoszka v. Belford, Trustee in Bankruptcy

417 U.S. 642 · 94 S. Ct. 2431 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 78

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
73-5265
U.S. Reports
417 U.S. 642
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 2431
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 78

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Kokoszka v. Belford, Trustee in Bankruptcy.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority

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