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1970 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Boddie et al. v. Connecticut et al.

401 U.S. 371 · 91 S. Ct. 780 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 73

The record

Term
1970
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
27
U.S. Reports
401 U.S. 371
S. Ct. citation
91 S. Ct. 780
LEXIS citation
1971 U.S. LEXIS 73

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 2 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Boddie et al. v. Connecticut et al.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence
Hugo BlackDissent

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