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Abstract

Argument: Wednesday, January 17, 1973
Decision: Thursday, June 21, 1973
Issues: Judicial Power, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 5 votes for Battin, 4 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Amendment 7: Seventh Amendment
Wrote a dissent
Douglas
Wrote the majority opinion
Brennan
Wrote a dissent
Marshall
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Wrote a dissent, joined Douglas' dissent
Powell
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.

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The Oyez Project, Colgrove v. Battin, 413 U.S. 149 (1973),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1972/1972_71_1442/>
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