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1976 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Massachusetts et al. v. Feeney

429 U.S. 66 · 97 S. Ct. 345 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 89

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Certification
Docket
76-265
U.S. Reports
429 U.S. 66
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 345
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 89

How the bench divided

M 8 majorityD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Massachusetts et al. v. Feeney.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Potter StewartMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Harry BlackmunJurisdictional dissent

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