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1971 term · Burger Court · 6-1

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Medical Committee for Human Rights

404 U.S. 403 · 92 S. Ct. 577 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 149

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
6-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
70-61
U.S. Reports
404 U.S. 403
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 577
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 149

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 1 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Medical Committee for Human Rights.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown
William RehnquistUnknown

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