1969 term · Burger Court · 8-0
Evans et al. v. Cornman et al.
398 U.S. 419 · 90 S. Ct. 1752 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 25
The record
- Term
- 1969
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 236
- U.S. Reports
- 398 U.S. 419
- S. Ct. citation
- 90 S. Ct. 1752
- LEXIS citation
- 1970 U.S. LEXIS 25
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMM?
M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John M. Harlan II | Majority |
| Hugo Black | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Unknown |
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