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1972 term · Burger Court · 7-2

Ward v. Village of Monroeville

409 U.S. 57 · 93 S. Ct. 80 · 1972 U.S. LEXIS 11

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
71-496
U.S. Reports
409 U.S. 57
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 80
LEXIS citation
1972 U.S. LEXIS 11

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in Ward v. Village of Monroeville.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Byron WhiteDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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