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1974 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis et al. v. Jacobs et al.

420 U.S. 128 · 95 S. Ct. 848 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 30

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
73-1347
U.S. Reports
420 U.S. 128
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 848
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 30

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis et al. v. Jacobs 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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