1971 term · Burger Court · 7-0
Lynch et al. v. Household Finance Corp. et al.
405 U.S. 538 · 92 S. Ct. 1113 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 153
The record
- Term
- 1971
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 7-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 70-5058
- U.S. Reports
- 405 U.S. 538
- S. Ct. citation
- 92 S. Ct. 1113
- LEXIS citation
- 1972 U.S. LEXIS 153
How the bench divided
MMMMMMM??
M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Unknown |
| William Rehnquist | Unknown |
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