1972 term · Burger Court · 8-1
Frontiero et Vir v. Richardson, Secretary of Defense, et al.
411 U.S. 677 · 93 S. Ct. 1764 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 153
The record
- Term
- 1972
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 8-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 71-1694
- U.S. Reports
- 411 U.S. 677
- S. Ct. citation
- 93 S. Ct. 1764
- LEXIS citation
- 1973 U.S. LEXIS 153
How the bench divided
MMMMCCCCD
M 4 majorityC 4 concurringD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| William O. Douglas | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Judgment of the Court |
| Potter Stewart | Special concurrence |
| Warren E. Burger | Special concurrence |
| Harry Blackmun | Special concurrence |
| Lewis F. Powell | Special concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
Same issue area
More on Civil Rights
Decisions the Court reached on the same question, nearest in time to this one. Civil Rights accounts for 1,508 of the 9,277 decisions in this dataset.
New Jersey Welfare Rights Organization et al. v. Cahill, Governor of New Jersey, et al.
Moor et al. v. County of Alameda et al.
Sugarman, Administrator, New York City Human Resources Administration, et al. v. Dougall et al.
Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. et al.
Sixty-Seventh Minnesota State Senate v. Beens et al.
Dennett v. Hogan, Warden