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1974 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Stanton v. Stanton

421 U.S. 7 · 95 S. Ct. 1373 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 54

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
73-1461
U.S. Reports
421 U.S. 7
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 1373
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 54

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Stanton v. Stanton.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistDissent

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