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1974 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Goss et al. v. Lopez et al.

419 U.S. 565 · 95 S. Ct. 729 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 23

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
73-898
U.S. Reports
419 U.S. 565
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 729
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 23

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Goss et al. v. Lopez et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
Lewis F. PowellDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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