1976 term · Burger Court · 5-4
Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Goldfarb
430 U.S. 199 · 97 S. Ct. 1021 · 1977 U.S. LEXIS 53
The record
- Term
- 1976
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 75-699
- U.S. Reports
- 430 U.S. 199
- S. Ct. citation
- 97 S. Ct. 1021
- LEXIS citation
- 1977 U.S. LEXIS 53
How the bench divided
MMMMCDDDD
M 4 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| Byron White | Majority |
| Lewis F. Powell | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Judgment of the Court |
| John Paul Stevens | Special concurrence |
| Potter Stewart | Dissent |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| Harry Blackmun | Dissent |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
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