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1972 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Tonasket v. Washington et al.

411 U.S. 451 · 93 S. Ct. 1941 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 80

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
71-1031
U.S. Reports
411 U.S. 451
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 1941
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 80

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Tonasket v. Washington et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority

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