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1973 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Hernandez et al. v. Veterans' Administration et al.

415 U.S. 391 · 94 S. Ct. 1177 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 109

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
72-700
U.S. Reports
415 U.S. 391
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 1177
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 109

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityC 1 concurring

How each justice voted in Hernandez et al. v. Veterans' Administration et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence

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