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1974 term · Burger Court · 6-2

Reid et ux. v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

420 U.S. 619 · 95 S. Ct. 1164 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 47

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
73-1541
U.S. Reports
420 U.S. 619
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 1164
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 47

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Reid et ux. v. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
William O. DouglasUnknown

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