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1972 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Gaffney v. Cummings et al.

412 U.S. 735 · 93 S. Ct. 2321 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 52

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
71-1476
U.S. Reports
412 U.S. 735
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 2321
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 52

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Gaffney v. Cummings et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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