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1976 term · Burger Court · 8-1

Delaware Tribal Business Committee et al. v. Weeks et al.

430 U.S. 73 · 97 S. Ct. 911 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 48

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-1
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
75-1301
U.S. Reports
430 U.S. 73
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 911
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 48

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 2 concurringD 1 dissenting

How each justice voted in Delaware Tribal Business Committee et al. v. Weeks et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
Harry BlackmunSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensDissent

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