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1975 term · Burger Court · 7-1

Examining Board of Engineers, Architects and Surveyors et al. v. Flores de Otero

426 U.S. 572 · 96 S. Ct. 2264 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 65

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
7-1
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
74-1267
U.S. Reports
426 U.S. 572
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 2264
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 65

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityD 1 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Examining Board of Engineers, Architects and Surveyors et al. v. Flores de Otero.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistDissent
John Paul StevensUnknown

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