1971 term · Burger Court · 5-2
Lindsey et al. v. Normet et al.
405 U.S. 56 · 92 S. Ct. 862 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 91
The record
- Term
- 1971
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed and reversed in part
- Docket
- 70-5045
- U.S. Reports
- 405 U.S. 56
- S. Ct. citation
- 92 S. Ct. 862
- LEXIS citation
- 1972 U.S. LEXIS 91
How the bench divided
MMMMMDD??
M 5 majorityD 2 dissenting? 2 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| Lewis F. Powell | Unknown |
| William Rehnquist | Unknown |
Same issue area
More on Civil Rights
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. Civil Rights accounts for 1,508 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.