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1969 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Hadley et al. v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City et al.

397 U.S. 50 · 90 S. Ct. 791 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 65

The record

Term
1969
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
37
U.S. Reports
397 U.S. 50
S. Ct. citation
90 S. Ct. 791
LEXIS citation
1970 U.S. LEXIS 65

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Hadley et al. v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City et al.
JusticeVote
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent

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