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1967 term · Warren Court · 7-1

Branigin et al. v. Duddleston et al.

391 U.S. 364 · 88 S. Ct. 1666 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 1646

The record

Term
1967
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
1252
U.S. Reports
391 U.S. 364
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 1666
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 1646

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Branigin et al. v. Duddleston et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Abe FortasMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallUnknown

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