1975 term · Burger Court · 7-1
Buckley et al. v. Valeo, Secretary of the United States Senate, et al.
424 U.S. 1 · 96 S. Ct. 612 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 16
The record
- Term
- 1975
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 7-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed and reversed in part
- Docket
- 75-436
- U.S. Reports
- 424 U.S. 1
- S. Ct. citation
- 96 S. Ct. 612
- LEXIS citation
- 1976 U.S. LEXIS 16
How the bench divided
MMMCCCCD?
M 3 majorityC 4 concurringD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Special concurrence |
| Byron White | Special concurrence |
| Harry Blackmun | Special concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Special concurrence |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Unknown |
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