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1975 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Quinn, Commissioner, Chicago Fire Department v. Muscare

425 U.S. 560 · 96 S. Ct. 1752 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 52

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Petition denied/appeal dismissed
Docket
75-130
U.S. Reports
425 U.S. 560
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 1752
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 52

How the bench divided

M 8 majority? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Quinn, Commissioner, Chicago Fire Department v. Muscare.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensUnknown

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