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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	CRUZ v. BETO, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	March 20, 1972
Date Argument	none
Decision Type	per curiam (no oral argument)
Citations	405 U.S. 319 92 S. Ct. 1079 1972 U.S. LEXIS 80 31 L. Ed. 2d 263
Docket	71-5552

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Texas Southern U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Petitioner	prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent	governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact Texas

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	FIRST AMENDMENT Free Exercise Of Religion CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT First Amendment (free exercise of religion)
Vote Coalition	8 - 1
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Douglas Brennan Stewart White Marshall Powell special concurrence Burger Blackmun dissent Rehnquist

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1971-073-01

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