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1975 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Rizzo, Mayor of Philadelphia, et al. v. Goode et al.

423 U.S. 362 · 96 S. Ct. 598 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 42

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
74-942
U.S. Reports
423 U.S. 362
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 598
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 42

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Rizzo, Mayor of Philadelphia, et al. v. Goode et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
John Paul StevensUnknown

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