CentralNotice Burdick v. United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search United States Supreme Court case Burdick v. United States Supreme Court of the United States Argued December 16, 1914 Decided January 25, 1915 Full case name George Burdick v. United States Citations 236 U.S. 79 ( more ) 35 S. Ct. 267; 59 L. Ed. 476; 1915 U.S. LEXIS 1799 Court membership Chief Justice Edward D. White Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day · Charles E. Hughes Willis Van Devanter · Joseph R. Lamar Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds Case opinion Majority McKenna, joined by White, Holmes, Day, Hughes, Van Devanter, Lamar, Pitney McReynolds took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. Burdick v. United States , 236 U.S. 79 (1915), [1] was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United ...