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1966 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Sailors et al. v. Board of Education of the County of Kent et al.

387 U.S. 105 · 87 S. Ct. 1549 · 1967 U.S. LEXIS 1398

The record

Term
1966
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
430
U.S. Reports
387 U.S. 105
S. Ct. citation
87 S. Ct. 1549
LEXIS citation
1967 U.S. LEXIS 1398

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 2 concurring

How each justice voted in Sailors et al. v. Board of Education of the County of Kent et al.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Tom C. ClarkMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Abe FortasMajority
John M. Harlan IISpecial concurrence
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence

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