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1971 term · Burger Court · 5-2

Roudebush v. Hartke et al.

405 U.S. 15 · 92 S. Ct. 804 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 89

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
70-66
U.S. Reports
405 U.S. 15
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 804
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 89

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 2 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Roudebush v. Hartke et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Lewis F. PowellUnknown
William RehnquistUnknown

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