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1969 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Turner et al. v. Fouche et al.

396 U.S. 346 · 90 S. Ct. 532 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 3149

The record

Term
1969
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
23
U.S. Reports
396 U.S. 346
S. Ct. citation
90 S. Ct. 532
LEXIS citation
1970 U.S. LEXIS 3149

How the bench divided

M 8 majority

How each justice voted in Turner et al. v. Fouche 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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