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1971 term · Burger Court · 7-0

Carter et al. v. Stanton, Director, Marion County Department of Public Welfare, et al.

405 U.S. 669 · 92 S. Ct. 1232 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 71

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
70-5082
U.S. Reports
405 U.S. 669
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 1232
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 71

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 1 concurring? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Carter et al. v. Stanton, Director, Marion County Department of Public Welfare, 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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