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Colgrove v. Battin
Argued January 17, 1973
Decided June 21, 1973
Full case nameColgrove v. Battin
Citations413 U.S. 149 ( more)
93 S. Ct. 2448; 37 L. Ed. 2d 522; 1973 U.S. LEXIS 42; 17 Fed. R. Serv. 2d (Callaghan) 401
Holding
A six-member jury for the trial of civil cases comports with the Seventh Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
MajorityBrennan, joined by Burger, White, Blackmun, Rehnquist
DissentDouglas, joined by Powell
DissentMarshall, joined by Stewart
DissentPowell

Colgrove v. Battin, 413 U.S. 149 (1973), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled 5-4 that six person civil juries were constitutional. [1]

References

  1. ^ Yeazell, S.C. Civil Procedure, Seventh Edition. Aspen Publishers, New York, NY: 2008, p. 600

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