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1975 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Hortonville Joint School District No. 1 et al. v. Hortonville Education Assn. et al.

426 U.S. 482 · 96 S. Ct. 2308 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 64

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
74-1606
U.S. Reports
426 U.S. 482
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 2308
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 64

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Hortonville Joint School District No. 1 et al. v. Hortonville Education Assn. et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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