1976 term · Burger Court · 9-0
Mathews, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. De Castro
429 U.S. 181 · 97 S. Ct. 431 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 182
The record
- Term
- 1976
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 75-1197
- U.S. Reports
- 429 U.S. 181
- S. Ct. citation
- 97 S. Ct. 431
- LEXIS citation
- 1976 U.S. LEXIS 182
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMMC
M 8 majorityC 1 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Special concurrence |
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