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1971 term · Burger Court · 9-0

James, Judicial Administrator, et al. v. Strange

407 U.S. 128 · 92 S. Ct. 2027 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 140

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
71-11
U.S. Reports
407 U.S. 128
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 2027
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 140

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in James, Judicial Administrator, et al. v. Strange.
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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