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1973 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Hess v. Indiana

414 U.S. 105 · 94 S. Ct. 326 · 1973 U.S. LEXIS 177

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
73-5290
U.S. Reports
414 U.S. 105
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 326
LEXIS citation
1973 U.S. LEXIS 177

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Hess v. Indiana.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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