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1972 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Moor et al. v. County of Alameda et al.

411 U.S. 693 · 93 S. Ct. 1785 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 69

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and remanded in part
Docket
72-10
U.S. Reports
411 U.S. 693
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 1785
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 69

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Moor et al. v. County of Alameda et al.
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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