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1972 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Mourning v. Family Publications Service, Inc.

411 U.S. 356 · 93 S. Ct. 1652 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 129

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Economic Activity
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
71-829
U.S. Reports
411 U.S. 356
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 1652
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 129

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mourning v. Family Publications Service, Inc.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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