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1974 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Foster v. Dravo Corp.

420 U.S. 92 · 95 S. Ct. 879 · 1975 U.S. LEXIS 149

The record

Term
1974
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
73-1773
U.S. Reports
420 U.S. 92
S. Ct. citation
95 S. Ct. 879
LEXIS citation
1975 U.S. LEXIS 149

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Foster v. Dravo Corp.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William O. DouglasUnknown

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