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1968 term · Warren Court · 6-3

Oestereich v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 11, Cheyenne, Wyoming, et al.

393 U.S. 233 · 89 S. Ct. 414 · 1968 U.S. LEXIS 1

The record

Term
1968
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
46
U.S. Reports
393 U.S. 233
S. Ct. citation
89 S. Ct. 414
LEXIS citation
1968 U.S. LEXIS 1

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Oestereich v. Selective Service System Local Board No. 11, Cheyenne, Wyoming, et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Abe FortasMajority
John M. Harlan IISpecial concurrence
Potter StewartDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent

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