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1973 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Jimenez et al. v. Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare

417 U.S. 628 · 94 S. Ct. 2496 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 77

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
72-6609
U.S. Reports
417 U.S. 628
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 2496
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 77

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Jimenez et al. v. Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistDissent

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