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1973 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Mayor of Philadelphia v. Educational Equality League et al.

415 U.S. 605 · 94 S. Ct. 1323 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 114

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
72-1264
U.S. Reports
415 U.S. 605
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 1323
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 114

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Mayor of Philadelphia v. Educational Equality League et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent

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