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1967 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Monroe et al. v. Board of Commissioners of the City of Jackson et al.

391 U.S. 450 · 88 S. Ct. 1700 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 1553

The record

Term
1967
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
740
U.S. Reports
391 U.S. 450
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 1700
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 1553

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

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

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