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1972 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Brown, Secretary of State of California v. Chote

411 U.S. 452 · 93 S. Ct. 1732 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 71

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
71-1583
U.S. Reports
411 U.S. 452
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 1732
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 71

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Brown, Secretary of State of California v. Chote.
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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