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1971 term · Burger Court · 7-0

Parisi v. Davidson et al.

405 U.S. 34 · 92 S. Ct. 815 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 90

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
70-91
U.S. Reports
405 U.S. 34
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 815
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 90

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurring? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Parisi v. Davidson et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence
Lewis F. PowellUnknown
William RehnquistUnknown

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