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1976 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle

429 U.S. 274 · 97 S. Ct. 568 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 29

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
First Amendment
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
75-1278
U.S. Reports
429 U.S. 274
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 568
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 29

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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