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1976 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Texas v. Louisiana

431 U.S. 161 · 97 S. Ct. 2166 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 185

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Interstate Relations
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Unspecifiable
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Docket
36 ORIG
U.S. Reports
431 U.S. 161
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 2166
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 185

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Texas v. Louisiana.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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