Supreme Court group portrait on April 20, 1972. This court would later decide in the Roe vs. Wade abortion case on January 22, 1973. Front row from left: Associate Justices Potter Stewart, William O. Douglas, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, Associate Justices William J. Brennan, Jr., and Byron R. White. Back row from left: Associate Justices Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Harry A. Blackmun, and William H. Rehnquist. Justices Powell and Rehnquist were the newest members of the court, taking their seats on January 7, 1972.

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Roe vs. Wade was originally argued December 13, 1971. It was reargued on October 11, 1972, and was decided on January 22, 1973.

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Location: Washinton, , USA.
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