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1972 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Hunt v. McNair, Governor of South Carolina, et al.

413 U.S. 734 · 93 S. Ct. 2868 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 13

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
71-1523
U.S. Reports
413 U.S. 734
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 2868
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 13

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Hunt v. McNair, Governor of South Carolina, et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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