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1974 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Roe et al. v. Doe

420 U.S. 307 · 95 S. Ct. 1154 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 36

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
73-1446
U.S. Reports
420 U.S. 307
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 1154
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 36

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Roe et al. v. Doe.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority

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