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1968 term · Warren Court · 8-0

United States v. Montgomery County Board of Education et al.

395 U.S. 225 · 89 S. Ct. 1670 · 1969 U.S. LEXIS 1433

The record

Term
1968
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Warren Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
798
U.S. Reports
395 U.S. 225
S. Ct. citation
89 S. Ct. 1670
LEXIS citation
1969 U.S. LEXIS 1433

How the bench divided

M 8 majority

How each justice voted in United States v. Montgomery County Board of Education et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Earl WarrenMajority

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