1970 term · Burger Court · 9-0
Swann et al. v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education et al.
402 U.S. 1 · 91 S. Ct. 1267 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 52
The record
- Term
- 1970
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 281
- U.S. Reports
- 402 U.S. 1
- S. Ct. citation
- 91 S. Ct. 1267
- LEXIS citation
- 1971 U.S. LEXIS 52
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMM
M 9 majority
| 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 | Majority |
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