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1968 term · Warren Court · 7-2

Alabama State Teachers Assn. et al. v. Alabama Public School and College Authority et al.

393 U.S. 400 · 89 S. Ct. 681 · 1969 U.S. LEXIS 2784

The record

Term
1968
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
731
U.S. Reports
393 U.S. 400
S. Ct. citation
89 S. Ct. 681
LEXIS citation
1969 U.S. LEXIS 2784

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Alabama State Teachers Assn. et al. v. Alabama Public School and College Authority et al.
JusticeVote
Earl WarrenMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Abe FortasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William O. DouglasJurisdictional dissent
John M. Harlan IIJurisdictional dissent

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