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1971 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Aikens v. California

406 U.S. 813 · 92 S. Ct. 1931 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 52

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
68-5027
U.S. Reports
406 U.S. 813
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 1931
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 52

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Aikens v. California.
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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