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1974 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Costarelli v. Massachusetts

421 U.S. 193 · 95 S. Ct. 1534 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 58

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
73-6739
U.S. Reports
421 U.S. 193
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 1534
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 58

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Costarelli v. Massachusetts.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasUnknown

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