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1969 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Sullivan et al. v. Little Hunting Park, Inc., et al.

396 U.S. 229 · 90 S. Ct. 400 · 1969 U.S. LEXIS 8

The record

Term
1969
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
33
U.S. Reports
396 U.S. 229
S. Ct. citation
90 S. Ct. 400
LEXIS citation
1969 U.S. LEXIS 8

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Sullivan et al. v. Little Hunting Park, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent

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