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1972 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Norwood et al. v. Harrison et al.

413 U.S. 455 · 93 S. Ct. 2804 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 28

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
72-77
U.S. Reports
413 U.S. 455
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 2804
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 28

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 2 concurring

How each justice voted in Norwood et al. v. Harrison et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence

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