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1971 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis et al.

407 U.S. 163 · 92 S. Ct. 1965 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 44

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
70-75
U.S. Reports
407 U.S. 163
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 1965
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 44

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Moose Lodge No. 107 v. Irvis et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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