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1974 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Preiser, Commissioner of Correctional Services of New York, et al. v. Newkirk

422 U.S. 395 · 95 S. Ct. 2330 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 75

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
74-107
U.S. Reports
422 U.S. 395
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 2330
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 75

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Preiser, Commissioner of Correctional Services of New York, et al. v. Newkirk.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallRegular concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent

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