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1972 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Department of Motor Vehicles of California v. Rios

410 U.S. 425 · 93 S. Ct. 1019 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 104

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
72-686
U.S. Reports
410 U.S. 425
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 1019
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 104

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Department of Motor Vehicles of California v. Rios.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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