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1973 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Mississippi v. Arkansas

415 U.S. 289 · 94 S. Ct. 1046 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 102

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Interstate Relations
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Unspecifiable
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Docket
48 ORIG
U.S. Reports
415 U.S. 289
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 1046
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 102

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Mississippi v. Arkansas.
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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