1971 term · Burger Court · 8-1
Sixty-Seventh Minnesota State Senate v. Beens et al.
406 U.S. 187 · 92 S. Ct. 1477 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 63
The record
- Term
- 1971
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 8-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 71-1024
- U.S. Reports
- 406 U.S. 187
- S. Ct. citation
- 92 S. Ct. 1477
- LEXIS citation
- 1972 U.S. LEXIS 63
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMD
M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Dissent |
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