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1975 term · Burger Court · 6-2

Baxter et al. v. Palmigiano

425 U.S. 308 · 96 S. Ct. 1551 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 115

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
74-1187
U.S. Reports
425 U.S. 308
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 1551
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 115

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Baxter et al. v. Palmigiano.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensUnknown

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