1971 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Flower v. United States
407 U.S. 197 · 92 S. Ct. 1842 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 46
The record
- Term
- 1971
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 71-1180
- U.S. Reports
- 407 U.S. 197
- S. Ct. citation
- 92 S. Ct. 1842
- LEXIS citation
- 1972 U.S. LEXIS 46
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Jurisdictional dissent |
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