1973 term · Burger Court · 6-3
Secretary of the Navy v. Avrech
418 U.S. 676 · 94 S. Ct. 3039 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 92
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
- 72-1713
- U.S. Reports
- 418 U.S. 676
- S. Ct. citation
- 94 S. Ct. 3039
- LEXIS citation
- 1974 U.S. LEXIS 92
How the bench divided
MMMMMCDDD
M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Special concurrence |
| William O. Douglas | Dissent |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
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