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1973 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Johnson, Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, et al. v. Robison

415 U.S. 361 · 94 S. Ct. 1160 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 108

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
72-1297
U.S. Reports
415 U.S. 361
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 1160
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 108

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Johnson, Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, et al. v. Robison.
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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