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1972 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Salyer Land Co. et al. v. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District

410 U.S. 719 · 93 S. Ct. 1224 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 10

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
71-1456
U.S. Reports
410 U.S. 719
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 1224
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 10

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Salyer Land Co. et al. v. Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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