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1973 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Wainwright, Corrections Director, et al. v. Stone et al.

414 U.S. 21 · 94 S. Ct. 190 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 169

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
73-122
U.S. Reports
414 U.S. 21
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 190
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 169

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Wainwright, Corrections Director, et al. v. Stone et al.
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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