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1967 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Houghton v. Shafer, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al.

392 U.S. 639 · 88 S. Ct. 2119 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 1146

The record

Term
1967
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
668 M
U.S. Reports
392 U.S. 639
S. Ct. citation
88 S. Ct. 2119
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 1146

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Houghton v. Shafer, Governor of Pennsylvania, 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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