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1970 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Astrup v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

402 U.S. 509 · 91 S. Ct. 1583 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 40

The record

Term
1970
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
840
U.S. Reports
402 U.S. 509
S. Ct. citation
91 S. Ct. 1583
LEXIS citation
1971 U.S. LEXIS 40

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Astrup v. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
JusticeVote
John M. Harlan IIMajority
Hugo BlackMajority
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority

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