1972 term · Burger Court · 9-0
Philpott et al. v. Essex County Welfare Board
409 U.S. 413 · 93 S. Ct. 590 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 161
The record
- Term
- 1972
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 71-5656
- U.S. Reports
- 409 U.S. 413
- S. Ct. citation
- 93 S. Ct. 590
- LEXIS citation
- 1973 U.S. LEXIS 161
How the bench divided
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M 9 majority
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
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