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1974 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Philbrook, Commissioner, Department of Social Welfare v. Glodgett et al.

421 U.S. 707 · 95 S. Ct. 1893 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 71

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
73-1820
U.S. Reports
421 U.S. 707
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 1893
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 71

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Philbrook, Commissioner, Department of Social Welfare v. Glodgett et al.
JusticeVote
William O. DouglasMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority

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