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1972 term · Burger Court · 7-2

New York State Department of Social Services et al. v. Dublino et al.

413 U.S. 405 · 93 S. Ct. 2507 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 47

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
72-792
U.S. Reports
413 U.S. 405
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 2507
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 47

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 2 dissenting

How each justice voted in New York State Department of Social Services et al. v. Dublino et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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