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1975 term · Burger Court · 6-2

Pasadena City Board of Education et al. v. Spangler et al.

427 U.S. 424 · 96 S. Ct. 2697 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 77

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
6-2
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
75-164
U.S. Reports
427 U.S. 424
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 2697
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 77

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityD 2 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Pasadena City Board of Education et al. v. Spangler et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensUnknown

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