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1967 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Jones et ux. v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. et al.

392 U.S. 409 · 88 S. Ct. 2186 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 2980

The record

Term
1967
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
645
U.S. Reports
392 U.S. 409
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 2186
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 2980

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Jones et ux. v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Abe FortasMajority
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Byron WhiteDissent

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