1974 term · Burger Court · 9-0
Roe et al. v. Norton, Commissioner of Welfare
422 U.S. 391 · 95 S. Ct. 2221 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 74
The record
- Term
- 1974
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Docket
- 73-6033
- U.S. Reports
- 422 U.S. 391
- S. Ct. citation
- 95 S. Ct. 2221
- LEXIS citation
- 1975 U.S. LEXIS 74
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMC
M 8 majorityC 1 concurring
| 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 | Regular concurrence |
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