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1969 term · Burger Court · 8-0

City of Chicago et al. v. United States et al.

396 U.S. 162 · 90 S. Ct. 309 · 1969 U.S. LEXIS 3122

The record

Term
1969
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
101
U.S. Reports
396 U.S. 162
S. Ct. citation
90 S. Ct. 309
LEXIS citation
1969 U.S. LEXIS 3122

How the bench divided

M 8 majority

How each justice voted in City of Chicago et al. v. United States et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority

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