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1969 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc., et al.

398 U.S. 375 · 90 S. Ct. 1772 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 76

The record

Term
1969
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
175
U.S. Reports
398 U.S. 375
S. Ct. citation
90 S. Ct. 1772
LEXIS citation
1970 U.S. LEXIS 76

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc., et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunUnknown

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