Fein v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 7 of Yonkers, New York, et al.
Decided March 21, 1972. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 70-58 · 405 U.S. 365 (1972)
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How the Justices voted
Decided 4–3.
Majority · 4
- Harry Andrew Blackmun · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Byron Raymond White
- Warren Earl Burger
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
Dissenting · 3
- Potter Stewart
- Thurgood Marshall · filed a dissenting opinion
- William Orville Douglas · filed a dissenting opinion
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