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1972 term · Burger Court · 6-2

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, New York City Region of New York Conference of Branches, et al. v. New York et al.

413 U.S. 345 · 93 S. Ct. 2591 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 46

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
72-129
U.S. Reports
413 U.S. 345
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 2591
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 46

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, New York City Region of New York Conference of Branches, et al. v. New York et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Thurgood MarshallUnknown

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