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1971 term · Burger Court · 7-0

Groppi v. Leslie, Sheriff

404 U.S. 496 · 92 S. Ct. 582 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 98

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
70-112
U.S. Reports
404 U.S. 496
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 582
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 98

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Groppi v. Leslie, Sheriff.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellUnknown
William RehnquistUnknown

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