1973 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Ross et al. v. Moffitt
417 U.S. 600 · 94 S. Ct. 2437 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 76
The record
- Term
- 1973
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 73-786
- U.S. Reports
- 417 U.S. 600
- S. Ct. citation
- 94 S. Ct. 2437
- LEXIS citation
- 1974 U.S. LEXIS 76
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
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