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1970 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Baird v. State Bar of Arizona

401 U.S. 1 · 91 S. Ct. 702 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 81

The record

Term
1970
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
15
U.S. Reports
401 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
91 S. Ct. 702
LEXIS citation
1971 U.S. LEXIS 81

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Baird v. State Bar of Arizona.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Hugo BlackJudgment of the Court
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence
John M. Harlan IIDissent
Byron WhiteDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent

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