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1973 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Arnett, Director, Office of Economic Opportunity, et al. v. Kennedy et al.

416 U.S. 134 · 94 S. Ct. 1633 · 1974 U.S. LEXIS 125

The record

Term
1973
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
72-1118
U.S. Reports
416 U.S. 134
S. Ct. citation
94 S. Ct. 1633
LEXIS citation
1974 U.S. LEXIS 125

How the bench divided

M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Arnett, Director, Office of Economic Opportunity, et al. v. Kennedy et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William RehnquistJudgment of the Court
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
Lewis F. PowellSpecial concurrence
William O. DouglasDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Byron WhiteDissent

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