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1971 term · Burger Court · 7-0

Younger, Attorney General of California, et al. v. Gilmore et al.

404 U.S. 15 · 92 S. Ct. 250 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 672

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
70-9
U.S. Reports
404 U.S. 15
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 250
LEXIS citation
1971 U.S. LEXIS 672

How the bench divided

M 7 majority

How each justice voted in Younger, Attorney General of California, et al. v. Gilmore et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority

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