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1971 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Utah v. United States

406 U.S. 484 · 92 S. Ct. 1691 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 1709

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Docket
31 ORIG
U.S. Reports
406 U.S. 484
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 1691
LEXIS citation
1971 U.S. LEXIS 1709

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Utah v. United States.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority

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