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1973 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Norwell v. City of Cincinnati

414 U.S. 14 · 94 S. Ct. 187 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 167

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
72-1366
U.S. Reports
414 U.S. 14
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 187
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 167

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Norwell v. City of Cincinnati.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority

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