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1971 term · Burger Court · 7-0

D. H. Overmyer Co., Inc., of Ohio et al. v. Frick Co.

405 U.S. 174 · 92 S. Ct. 775 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 86

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
69-5
U.S. Reports
405 U.S. 174
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 775
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 86

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 2 concurring? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in D. H. Overmyer Co., Inc., of Ohio et al. v. Frick Co.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William O. DouglasRegular concurrence
Thurgood MarshallRegular concurrence
Lewis F. PowellUnknown
William RehnquistUnknown

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