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1971 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Huffman v. Boersen

406 U.S. 337 · 92 S. Ct. 1598 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 61

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
71-5097
U.S. Reports
406 U.S. 337
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 1598
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 61

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Huffman v. Boersen.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence

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