1976 term · Burger Court · 9-0
Whalen, Commissioner of Health of New York v. Roe et al.
429 U.S. 589 · 97 S. Ct. 869 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 42
The record
- Term
- 1976
- Decided
- Issue area
- Privacy
- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Conservative
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 75-839
- U.S. Reports
- 429 U.S. 589
- S. Ct. citation
- 97 S. Ct. 869
- LEXIS citation
- 1977 U.S. LEXIS 42
How the bench divided
MMMMMMMCC
M 7 majorityC 2 concurring
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Warren E. Burger | Majority |
| Harry Blackmun | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Potter Stewart | Regular concurrence |
| William J. Brennan | Regular concurrence |
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