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1974 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville

422 U.S. 205 · 95 S. Ct. 2268 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 79

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
73-1942
U.S. Reports
422 U.S. 205
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 2268
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 79

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Erznoznik v. City of Jacksonville.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William O. DouglasRegular concurrence
Byron WhiteDissent
Warren E. BurgerDissent
William RehnquistDissent

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