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1969 term · Burger Court · 7-1

Mills et al. v. Electric Auto-Lite Co. et al.

396 U.S. 375 · 90 S. Ct. 616 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 3656

The record

Term
1969
Decided
Issue area
Attorneys
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
64
U.S. Reports
396 U.S. 375
S. Ct. citation
90 S. Ct. 616
LEXIS citation
1970 U.S. LEXIS 3656

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mills et al. v. Electric Auto-Lite Co. et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Hugo BlackDissent

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