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1975 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Turner v. Department of Employment Security of Utah et al.

423 U.S. 44 · 96 S. Ct. 249 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 94

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
74-1312
U.S. Reports
423 U.S. 44
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 249
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 94

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Turner v. Department of Employment Security of Utah et al.
JusticeVote
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistDissent
Warren E. BurgerJurisdictional dissent
Harry BlackmunJurisdictional dissent

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