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1976 term · Burger Court · 5-4

Codd, Police Commissioner, City of New York, et al. v. Velger

429 U.S. 624 · 97 S. Ct. 882 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 44

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Due Process
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
75-812
U.S. Reports
429 U.S. 624
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 882
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 44

How the bench divided

M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Codd, Police Commissioner, City of New York, et al. v. Velger.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Harry BlackmunRegular concurrence
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent
John Paul StevensDissent

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