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1972 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Gilligan, Governor of Ohio, et al. v. Morgan et al.

413 U.S. 1 · 93 S. Ct. 2440 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 39

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
71-1553
U.S. Reports
413 U.S. 1
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 2440
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 39

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 6 concurring

How each justice voted in Gilligan, Governor of Ohio, et al. v. Morgan et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Harry BlackmunRegular concurrence
Lewis F. PowellRegular concurrence
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence

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