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1974 term · Burger Court · 7-0

United States v. Louisiana et al. (Louisiana Boundary Case)

420 U.S. 529 · 95 S. Ct. 1180 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 42

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Federalism
Vote split
7-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Unspecifiable
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Docket
9 ORIG
U.S. Reports
420 U.S. 529
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 1180
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 42

How the bench divided

M 7 majority? 2 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in United States v. Louisiana et al. (Louisiana Boundary Case).
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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