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1973 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Espinoza et Vir v. Farah Manufacturing Co., Inc.

414 U.S. 86 · 94 S. Ct. 334 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 175

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
72-671
U.S. Reports
414 U.S. 86
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 334
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 175

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Espinoza et Vir v. Farah Manufacturing Co., Inc.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent

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