Same-sex Marriage Deep Dive

On March 26 and 27, the Supreme Court heard two landmark same-sex marriage cases. Check out our deep dive on the topic to find out more about the cases and issues the Court will consider.

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Cases - 1971 term

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Cases

Decisions

Case	Docket No.	Argued	Decided	Majority Author	Vote
Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson	70-11	10/20/1971	12/06/1971	Potter Stewart	7-0
NLRB v. Plasterers' Union	70-63	10/13/1971	12/06/1971	Byron R. White	7-0
Reed v. Reed	70-4	10/19/1971	11/22/1971	Warren E. Burger	7-0
Richardson v. Belcher	70-53	10/13/1971	11/22/1971	Potter Stewart	4-3
Norfolk & Western R. Co. v. Nemitz	70-97	10/21/1971	11/15/1971	William O. Douglas	4-3
Younger v. Gilmore	70-9	10/14/1971	11/08/1971		7-0
Supt. Of Insurance v. Bankers Life & Cas. Co.	70-60	10/13/1971	11/08/1971	William O. Douglas	7-0
Mcclanahan v. Morauer & Hartzell, Inc.	70-5097	10/21/1971	11/08/1971		6-1
United States v. Scotland Neck City Board Of Education	70-130	02/29/1972		Potter Stewart	9-0
Aikens v. California (none)
Schneble v. Florida (none)