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1967 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Wilson v. City of Port Lavaca et al.

391 U.S. 352 · 88 S. Ct. 1502 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 1635

The record

Term
1967
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
1238
U.S. Reports
391 U.S. 352
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 1502
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 1635

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Wilson v. City of Port Lavaca et al.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Abe FortasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority

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