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1972 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Sloan, Treasurer of Pennsylvania, et al. v. Lemon et al.

413 U.S. 825 · 93 S. Ct. 2982 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 37

The record

Term
1972
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
72-459
U.S. Reports
413 U.S. 825
S. Ct. citation
93 S. Ct. 2982
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 37

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Sloan, Treasurer of Pennsylvania, et al. v. Lemon et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Byron WhiteDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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