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1967 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Levy, Administratrix v. Louisiana Through the Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans Board of Administrators et al.

391 U.S. 68 · 88 S. Ct. 1509 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 1629

The record

Term
1967
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
508
U.S. Reports
391 U.S. 68
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 1509
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 1629

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Levy, Administratrix v. Louisiana Through the Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans Board of Administrators et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Abe FortasMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Hugo BlackDissent
Potter StewartDissent

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