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1974 term · Burger Court · 8-0

White, Secretary of State of Texas, et al. v. Regester et al.

422 U.S. 935 · 95 S. Ct. 2670 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 87

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
73-1462
U.S. Reports
422 U.S. 935
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 2670
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 87

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in White, Secretary of State of Texas, et al. v. Regester et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasUnknown

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