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1970 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Griggs et al. v. Duke Power Co.

401 U.S. 424 · 91 S. Ct. 849 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 134

The record

Term
1970
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
124
U.S. Reports
401 U.S. 424
S. Ct. citation
91 S. Ct. 849
LEXIS citation
1971 U.S. LEXIS 134

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Griggs et al. v. Duke Power Co.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William J. BrennanUnknown

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