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1972 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Environmental Protection Agency et al. v. Mink et al.

410 U.S. 73 · 93 S. Ct. 827 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 136

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
71-909
U.S. Reports
410 U.S. 73
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 827
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 136

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Environmental Protection Agency et al. v. Mink et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Potter StewartRegular concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
William RehnquistUnknown

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