1974 term · Burger Court · 5-3
Hill, Attorney General of Texas v. Stone et al.
421 U.S. 289 · 95 S. Ct. 1637 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 60
The record
- Term
- 1974
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 73-1723
- U.S. Reports
- 421 U.S. 289
- S. Ct. citation
- 95 S. Ct. 1637
- LEXIS citation
- 1975 U.S. LEXIS 60
How the bench divided
MMMMMDDD?
M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Dissent |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| William O. Douglas | Unknown |
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