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1973 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Dorszynski v. United States

418 U.S. 424 · 94 S. Ct. 3042 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 26

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
73-5284
U.S. Reports
418 U.S. 424
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 3042
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 26

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 4 concurring

How each justice voted in Dorszynski v. United States.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasSpecial concurrence
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence
Thurgood MarshallSpecial concurrence
William J. BrennanSpecial concurrence

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