1970 term · Burger Court · 5-0
Triangle Improvement Council et al. v. Ritchie, Commissioner, State Road Commission of West Virginia, et al.
402 U.S. 497 · 91 S. Ct. 1650 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 118
The record
- Term
- 1970
- Decided
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Vote split
- 5-0
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Petition denied/appeal dismissed
- Docket
- 712
- U.S. Reports
- 402 U.S. 497
- S. Ct. citation
- 91 S. Ct. 1650
- LEXIS citation
- 1971 U.S. LEXIS 118
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| John M. Harlan II | Regular concurrence |
| Hugo Black | Dissent from denial of cert |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent from denial of cert |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent from denial of cert |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent from denial of cert |
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