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1973 term · Burger Court · 8-0

United States v. Nixon, President of the United States, et al.

418 U.S. 683 · 94 S. Ct. 3090 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 93

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Criminal Procedure
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
73-1766
U.S. Reports
418 U.S. 683
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 3090
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 93

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Nixon, President of the United States, et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistUnknown

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