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1972 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Miller v. California

413 U.S. 15 · 93 S. Ct. 2607 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 149

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
70-73
U.S. Reports
413 U.S. 15
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 2607
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 149

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Miller v. California.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent

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