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1974 term · Burger Court · 8-1

United States v. American Friends Service Committee et al.

419 U.S. 7 · 95 S. Ct. 13 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 153

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Federal Taxation
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
73-1791
U.S. Reports
419 U.S. 7
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 13
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 153

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in United States v. American Friends Service Committee et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasDissent

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