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1975 term · Burger Court · 5-3

Department of the Air Force et al. v. Rose et al.

425 U.S. 352 · 96 S. Ct. 1592 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 97

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Privacy
Vote split
5-3
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
74-489
U.S. Reports
425 U.S. 352
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 1592
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 97

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Department of the Air Force et al. v. Rose et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
Warren E. BurgerDissent
Harry BlackmunDissent
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensUnknown

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