1975 term · Burger Court · 6-2
Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Eldridge
424 U.S. 319 · 96 S. Ct. 893 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 141
The record
- Term
- 1975
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 6-2
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 74-204
- U.S. Reports
- 424 U.S. 319
- S. Ct. citation
- 96 S. Ct. 893
- LEXIS citation
- 1976 U.S. LEXIS 141
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDD?
M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Dissent |
| William J. Brennan | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Unknown |
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