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1974 term · Burger Court · 7-0

Lee et al. v. Thornton, District Director, United States Customs Service, et al.

420 U.S. 139 · 95 S. Ct. 853 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 31

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
73-7006
U.S. Reports
420 U.S. 139
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 853
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 31

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Lee et al. v. Thornton, District Director, United States Customs Service, et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasUnknown
Thurgood MarshallUnknown

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