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1971 term · Burger Court · 7-0

Papachristou et al. v. City of Jacksonville

405 U.S. 156 · 92 S. Ct. 839 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 84

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
70-5030
U.S. Reports
405 U.S. 156
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 839
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 84

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Papachristou et al. v. City of Jacksonville.
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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