1975 term · Burger Court · 5-3
Elrod, Sheriff, et al. v. Burns et al.
427 U.S. 347 · 96 S. Ct. 2673 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 109
The record
- Term
- 1975
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-3
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 74-1520
- U.S. Reports
- 427 U.S. 347
- S. Ct. citation
- 96 S. Ct. 2673
- LEXIS citation
- 1976 U.S. LEXIS 109
How the bench divided
MMMCCDDD?
M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Judgment of the Court |
| Potter Stewart | Special concurrence |
| Harry Blackmun | Special concurrence |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| Lewis F. Powell | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| John Paul Stevens | Unknown |
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