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1975 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Hills, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development v. Gautreaux et al.

425 U.S. 284 · 96 S. Ct. 1538 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 46

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
74-1047
U.S. Reports
425 U.S. 284
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 1538
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 46

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 3 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Hills, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development v. Gautreaux et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallRegular concurrence
William J. BrennanRegular concurrence
Byron WhiteRegular concurrence
John Paul StevensUnknown

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