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1976 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Sanders

430 U.S. 99 · 97 S. Ct. 980 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 49

The record

Term
1976
Decided
Issue area
Judicial Power
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
75-1443
U.S. Reports
430 U.S. 99
S. Ct. citation
97 S. Ct. 980
LEXIS citation
1977 U.S. LEXIS 49

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 2 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Sanders.
JusticeVote
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Potter StewartSpecial concurrence
Warren E. BurgerSpecial concurrence
John Paul StevensUnknown

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