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1971 term · Burger Court · 5-2

Britt v. North Carolina

404 U.S. 226 · 92 S. Ct. 431 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 7

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
70-5041
U.S. Reports
404 U.S. 226
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 431
LEXIS citation
1971 U.S. LEXIS 7

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Britt v. North Carolina.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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