Litigants: | Colgrove v. Battin |
Arguedate: | January 17 |
Argueyear: | 1973 |
Decidedate: | June 21 |
Decideyear: | 1973 |
Fullname: | Colgrove v. Battin |
Usvol: | 413 |
Uspage: | 149 |
Parallelcitations: | 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. |
Majority: | Brennan |
Joinmajority: | Burger, White, Blackmun, Rehnquist |
Dissent: | Douglas |
Joindissent: | Powell |
Dissent2: | Marshall |
Joindissent2: | Stewart |
Dissent3: | Powell |
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]