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1972 term · Burger Court · 9-0

United States v. Louisiana et al. (Louisiana Boundary Case)

409 U.S. 17 · 93 S. Ct. 1478 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 4432

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Docket
9 ORIG
U.S. Reports
409 U.S. 17
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 1478
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 4432

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in United States v. Louisiana et al. (Louisiana Boundary Case).
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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