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1971 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Murel et al. v. Baltimore City Criminal Court et al.

407 U.S. 355 · 92 S. Ct. 2091 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 40

The record

Term
1971
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
70-5276
U.S. Reports
407 U.S. 355
S. Ct. citation
92 S. Ct. 2091
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 40

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Murel et al. v. Baltimore City Criminal Court et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent

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