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1975 term · Burger Court · 6-2

Brown v. General Services Administration et al.

425 U.S. 820 · 96 S. Ct. 1961 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 101

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
74-768
U.S. Reports
425 U.S. 820
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 1961
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 101

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Brown v. General Services Administration et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent
Thurgood MarshallUnknown

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