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1968 term · Warren Court · 9-0

Thorpe v. Housing Authority of the City of Durham

393 U.S. 268 · 89 S. Ct. 518 · 1969 U.S. LEXIS 2856

The record

Term
1968
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
20
U.S. Reports
393 U.S. 268
S. Ct. citation
89 S. Ct. 518
LEXIS citation
1969 U.S. LEXIS 2856

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Thorpe v. Housing Authority of the City of Durham.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority
Abe FortasMajority
Hugo BlackSpecial concurrence

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