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1972 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Palmore v. United States

411 U.S. 389 · 93 S. Ct. 1670 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 78

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
72-11
U.S. Reports
411 U.S. 389
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 1670
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 78

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Palmore v. United States.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent

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