1974 term · Burger Court · 8-0
Dallas County, Alabama, et al. v. Reese et al.
421 U.S. 477 · 95 S. Ct. 1706 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 63
The record
- Term
- 1974
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 8-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 74-1077
- U.S. Reports
- 421 U.S. 477
- S. Ct. citation
- 95 S. Ct. 1706
- LEXIS citation
- 1975 U.S. LEXIS 63
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMM?
M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Unknown |
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